Maine News Updates

WINTHROP — A Monmouth man is behind bars after he sped his way into a ditch late Friday night, according to Winthrop police.

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AUGUSTA — Two more Mainers have died of complications related to H1N1 influenza, the state reported today.

Authorities have found two inmates who escaped from Bolduc Correctional Facility last weekend in Vermont.

AUGUSTA — A retired Army nurse is getting a salute from Gov. John Baldacci as the nation honors its veterans.

FORT FAIRFIELD -- Police say three people are dead following a fiery collision between a logging truck and a pickup truck in northern Maine.

William Brennan of Falmouth, a former commissioner of Maine's Department of Marine Resources, has been named the next president of Maine Maritime Academy.

Tests have confirmed the first recorded case of fish along the coast of Maine being killed by toxic red tide, according to state officials.

AUGUSTA — Gov. John E. Baldacci today registered his opposition to a proposal by the Air National Guard that would double the amount of land over which

AUGUSTA -- Maine state government's revenue shortfall keeps getting bigger.