Maine News

Loren Coleman on July 3rd, 2009 The Maine Warden Service is looking into two sightings of a giant snake in the Rumford canal system.

Maine's sand beaches bring about $500 million of new money into the state each year and support some 8,000 jobs, but the beach economy could be put in jeopardy because of the rising sea level.

On the day Americans celebrate the land of the free, a Maine man wants governors to feel free to live off the land.

Bill Green has been travelling the back roads and byways of Maine for NEWS CENTER for more than 25 years.

AUGUSTA : Maine state government offices will be closed Friday, July 3 in observance of the Independence Day holiday.

But they're all pretty boring. So let's get to what I wouldn't like to see. I don't want anybody who's crazy.

Bates College from Maine crushed Trinity College of Dublin by three lengths in the Temple Cup for student eights at the Henley Royal Regatta on Wednesday.

AUGUSTA : Mainers wearing black will hold a rally and vigil at noon Wednesday, July 1, at Anthem Insurance, 168 Capitol St., to mourn the death of affordable health insurance in the state.

AUGUSTA : A Wilton woman recently opened a bag of manure compost she had just purchased from a big-box store and a black longhorned beetle flew out of the bag.

Lobsterman Greg Turner keeps a sandwich-board sign at the end of his driveway that advertises fresh lobster for sale from his garage, an attempt to claw a few extra dollars by reaching buyers directly.

A 67-year-old man has become the first to paddle his kayak without assistance 740 miles over the Northern Forest Canoe Trail from New York to Maine.

Michael Jackson, the "King of Pop" who passed away yesterday in Los Angeles was loved around the world, including Maine.

It's no secret that our country is in the midst of a tough recession. Mainers feel it everyday.

While some states have raised taxes in response to the recession, Maine has "bucked the national trend" by passing a tax overhaul law, Gov.

A A Caribbean way of life From chic to rustic, expensive to affordable, tourists looking for some sun and sand can find what they're looking for in the Caribbean.

STOCKTON SPRINGS : A coastal landslide threatening two unoccupied camps, and possibly a third, took place Thursday night along the shore at Fort Point Cove, according to Maine Geological Survey officials.

A committee formed to oversee the state of Maine's response to juveniles who set fires will be meeting for the first time Monday.

Singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves will perform two Bangor-area shows next week. Singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves may live deep in the heart of Texas now, but no one - including Cleaves himself - is allowed to forget his roots.

WINSLOW, Maine a ' Maine state biologists are investigating a report of a mountain lion sighting in Winslow.

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