Brunswick

The parents of a Maine teenager say “COVID-19 isolation” led to their son’s recent suicide. Spencer Smith, 16, of Brunswick, died by suicide on Friday, according to NBC affiliate News Center Maine. Smith’s parents said he left a note saying he felt “locked in the house” and was growing apart from his friends. “He’s loved by so many that...

After 18 years of proudly hoisting the Stars and Stripes every Tuesday, three Maine women have ended their flag-waving tradition that began after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Several hundred people joined Elaine Greene, Joann Miller and Carmen Foote on Wednesday to support the trio known as the “Freeport flag ladies.”

Coast Guard rescuers pulled four trapped men alive from a capsized cargo ship Monday, drilling into the hull’s steel plates to extract the crew members more than a day after their vessel overturned while leaving a Georgia port. All four were described as alert and in relatively good condition and were taken to a hospital for further evaluation. “Best day...

Ku Klux Klan recruitment flyers were discovered in two neighborhoods in Loudoun County this weekend.

Christina Grimmie, a South Jersey native and former contestant on NBC’s “The Voice,” has died after a shooting following a show in Orlando, Florida, her publicist said.

Police say a man killed his wife and then himself after setting fire to her Maryland apartment building on the day they were to sign divorce papers.

Police say a Brunswick ,Maryland woman and her estranged husband were found shot to death in a car as fire damaged several nearby homes. Authorities say the events are related.

After a storm blew through the Washington region overnight, roads are being cleared and many schools systems are closed or delayed.