Maine News Updates

RUMFORD  — The New England Seismic Network says a small earthquake shook parts of western Maine early Thursday morning.

PERRY — The Maine medical examiner's office says an eastern Maine man who went missing while clam digging last week died by accidentally drowning.

AUGUSTA  — The head of Maine's court system will meet with an advisory panel to discuss an issue facing all state agencies: budget cuts.

AUGUSTA – Maine officials are reminding consumers to check their freezers for recalled ground beef after four people were hospitalized for E. coli poisoning.

PORTLAND — A longtime teacher’s aide is on administrative leave after she allegedly brought a handgun into Riverton Community School this morning.

PORTLAND — A Cumberland County Superior Court justice granted a request today by Pike Industries to stay a “cease and desist” order by the city of Westbrook and allow quarrying op

PORTLAND -- Maine health insurers are taking steps to encourage swine flu shots to prevent spread of the disease, which has already contributed to five Maine deaths.

HARTFORD, Conn.

Investigators with the State Fire Marshal’s Office charged a Gorham teenager with starting a building fire in Windham Tuesday, the third young man charged with arson in the state in the past