Groundbreaking ceremony held for UNE Harold and Bibby Alfond Center for Health Services

FREEPORT, Maine — The Harraseeket River recedes slowly but steadily around Chad Coffin’s metal skiff, until the boat is beached on a partly exposed mudflat. Coffin and his daughter, Bailey Pennell, are already out of the skiff, rakes in hand and rubber boots sinking deep into the gray-brown muck.

GRAY, Maine — Karl Schatz barely had time to stand still Sunday morning as dozens of customers walked around his barn, trying to get a peek at the goats, chickens, and merchandise spread across the front entrance. "Enjoy those scones," Schatz told one couple as they left his barn...

PORTLAND, Maine — The man credited with protecting and improving Portland’s green spaces for the past 34 years is hanging up his hard hat. Jeff Tarling announced he'd be retiring as the city's arborist on February 3. "In your mind, you could just keep going. But, that’s not...

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — High Tide Organic Cannabis in South Portland is trying to better the environment. Skip Sullivan is the cofounder of High Tide Organic. He started from scratch on a much smaller scale grow operation in 2017. In March 2020, he began to build the growth operation...

AUGUSTA, Maine — A moving and storage company in Maine has agreed to pay a $125,000 fine and refrain from using a misleading email address to threaten customers who leave negative reviews, according to the state attorney general's office. The attorney general's office said Tuesday that it had entered...

SACO, Maine — After the end of a long school week, kids just want to get out of school and have some fun. But at Saco Middle School, kids are now becoming excited to go to school on Fridays. That’s because teachers and school staff recently launched "Fun Fridays."...

BATH, Maine — The Bath Parks & Recreation Department is asking members of the public to stop throwing tomatoes and onions in the Oak Grove Cemetery. The vegetables are reportedly being dumped in other areas of the city as well, the department said in a Facebook post on Friday.

PORTLAND, Maine — Two athletic domes in Maine have collapsed under the weight of heavy, wet snow from multiple winter storms within a week. The indoor practice facility at the University of Maine in Orono collapsed at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday. According to Tyson McHatten, senior associate athletic director...

PORTLAND, Maine — Students at one school in Portland got the unique opportunity to learn and work alongside Delvin Choice. Choice is a professional gospel singer who was a quarterfinalist on NBC show "The Voice" in 2014. Choice is in Maine for a three-day music residency at St. Brigid...

PORTLAND, Maine — Preble Street, a nonprofit human service agency based in Portland, will be expanding its services statewide for victims of labor trafficking and exploitation in Maine after receiving a new $2.5 million grant. The grant, funded by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, will award Preble Street with...

PORTLAND, Maine — Zanetta Smith has faced her share of adversity. A 50-year-old woman from Portland, Smith has been fighting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for the past 15 years. Now, she is hoping to obtain a life-saving lung transplant. Smith's health is not the only obstacle she's faced...

PORTLAND, Maine — The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the death of a man whose body was found on Frederic Street off Fore River Parkway last week a homicide. Police responded to a call about a person in need of medical assistance at about 4:40 p.m. on Jan. 18, Portland police spokesperson Maj. Robert Martin said Thursday in a news release.

CASCO, Maine — Multiple towns responded to a fire at a Casco residence Friday evening. Crews were called to a home located in the area of 11 Varney Road at about 5:30 p.m., according to Cumberland County Dispatch. No injuries were reported in the fire, Raymond Fire Chief Bruce...

PORTLAND, Maine — When contestants sing their first song on the TV show “The Voice,” the goal is simple: deliver a performance that will make at least one judge bring that performer onto his or her team. Fail to impress any of the judges, and the contestant...

PORTLAND, Maine — A man from New York convicted of transporting an underage Maine girl out of state for sex will spend several years in prison. Tyler Streeter, 28, was sentenced in federal court in Portland to six years Wednesday, with five years of supervised release. He was convicted on a felony charge of interstate transportation of a minor.

PORTLAND, Maine — Students at St. Brigid School in Portland are having the unique opportunity this week of working with a professional singer. Delvin Choice, a Greenville, South Carolina native, was on NBC's "The Voice." He's in Portland this week for a three-day residency at St. Brigid School. He's...

PORTLAND, Maine — Portland Mayor Kate Snyder, Interim City Manager Danielle West, and Interim Police Chief Heath Gorham issued a statement Monday in response to the murder of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee. Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man from Memphis, died on Jan. 10 after he was allegedly beaten...

PORTLAND, Maine — A retired Cumberland County sheriff who served eight years has died. The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office announced on Tuesday the death of retired Sheriff Wesley "Wes" Ridlon. Ridlon reportedly passed away on Saturday following "a brief illness," deputies said in a Facebook post. Ridlon was well-known...

AUGUSTA, Maine — A jury unanimously found Dylan Ketcham guilty of murder, attempted murder, and elevated assault Friday in connection with an incident in Gardiner in January 2020. Friday's verdict was reached shortly before 2:30 p.m. at the Kennebec Superior Courthouse in Augusta. The jury had been deliberating since...

PORTLAND, Maine — A company in Westbrook has been ordered to pay thousands after being accused of violating the lead renovation, repair, and painting (RRP) program at several jobs performed in Maine. IDK Ventures, which operates as CertaPro Painters of Maine, was investigated by the Environmental Protection Agency after...