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Maine man who disappeared after driving wife to work found trapped in truck in NH woods
A man from Maine who was reported missing last week was found after being trapped for two days in his pickup truck in a muddy, wooded area in New Hampshire, authorities said.
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Maine lighthouse platform collapse injures nearly a dozen people
The Doubling Point Lighthouse bridge platform collapsed Saturday afternoon, leaving nearly a dozen people injured.
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Maine man served little jail time for abusing two women. Now a third says he ‘almost killed' her
Christopher Pelkey, 35, twice pleaded guilty to misdemeanor crimes, and this week prosecutors will learn whether he’ll go to trial for the latest domestic abuse allegations.
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Facial recognition tech helps nab 86-year-old man who stole dead brother's identity in 1965
An 86-year-old man accused of assuming his brother’s identity decades ago and using it to double dip on Social Security benefits has been convicted of several charges, caught by facial recognition technology that matched the same face to two different identities, authorities say. Napoleon Gonzalez, of Etna, Maine, assumed the identity of his brother in 1965, a quarter century after…
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New England pummeled in severe summer storm
Stranded vehicles, property damage and flash floods were seen across New England on Tuesday, while parts of Massachusetts were under a tornado warning.
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Maine lighthouse featured in ‘Forrest Gump' goes dark after lightning strike
Lightning has knocked out a lighthouse on the Maine Coast that was featured in the movie “Forrest Gump.”
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Maine woman, 87, gives teenage intruder snack before calling police
An 87-year-old woman made an intruder a snack after fending him off in her Maine home.
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Maine woman, 87, feeds teenage intruder before calling police
Marjorie Perkins woke up to see an intruder in her house, so she fought back — and made him some peanut butter and crackers.
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Vanishing whale's decline worse than previously thought, feds say
A review of the status of the vanishing North Atlantic right whale found that the animal’s population is in worse shape than previously thought, federal ocean regulators said Monday.
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Rioter who hurled bow like a spear at police during Jan. 6 attack gets more than 7 years in prison
A professional butcher whose bloody, wild-eyed face became one of the most memorable images of the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for hurling a bow like a spear at police and attacking several other officers.
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Maine woman punches bear that chased her dog and ends up with stitches
A Maine woman was bitten by a bear in her backyard while defending her pet dog, necessitating a trip to the hospital for stitches, officials said Friday. Lynn Kelly, 64, was tending her garden in Porter when her dog took off into the woods barking at something on Friday. In short order, the dog was racing back to the yard…
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A project to build the world's tallest flagpole has a small Maine town divided. Here's why
According to promoters, the $1 billion project would unite people regardless of political party and remind them of shared values. But so far, the project has achieved the opposite. Here’s why.
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Maine governor signs bill to partially decriminalize prostitution
Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed into law a bill that partially decriminalizes prostitution, with supporters saying the measure protects the most vulnerable while still targeting those who exploit them.
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US-Canada Border Temporarily Closed After Driver of Truck With Sign Warning of Explosives Led Police on Chase
The Rhode Island man behind the wheel of the truck was arrested at the U.S.-Canada border.
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Raccoon Euthanized After Woman Brings it to Maine Pet Store Where Customers Kissed It
After visiting the Petco in Auburn, Maine, the raccoon was tested for rabies, which came back negative thankfully, but required euthanizing the animal.
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‘Large, Fast, and Unpredictable': 5 Bison Running Free in Northern Maine Town
Six of the animals broke free from their fenced in pasture on Friday, and five of them are still on the loose.
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Real-Life ‘The Queen's Gambit': Custodian Leads School Chess Teams in Maine
“The Queen’s Gambit” is playing out in real life in Maine, where a custodian is coaching his schools’ chess teams to national acclaim.
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31 Pounds of Fentanyl Seized After Being Shipped to Maine Restaurant
Employees of a Maine restaurant got a surprise when they opened a large wooden crate containing 31 pounds of the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl.
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Maine's Valentine's Day Bandit Revealed in Death. Will the Tradition Continue?
The identity of the so-called Valentine’s Day bandit, responsible for leaving hundreds of red hearts in downtown Portland for more than four decades, has been revealed in death. Kevin Fahrman, of Falmouth, was chief instigator of a group of feel-good pranksters who struck every year on Feb. 14, family and friends said, a tradition that put smiles on people’s...
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Man Killed Parents, 2 Others Before Maine Highway Shooting, Police Say
Authorities have shared new information on a pair of shootings Tuesday that left four people dead in Bowdoin, Maine, and three more hospitalized, one critically injured, on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth.