Maine

A 78-year-old man was found dead in the basement following a house fire in Portland, Maine, on Sunday. The State Fire Marshal’s Office said they were called to a Bayview Drive home around 3:22 p.m. Sunday to assist with a death investigation involving a fire. Portland police said they had arrived at the scene to find a man dead...

Authorities were called to Perkins Cove at around 7:17 p.m. for reports of a fire in the building that housed Oarweed Restaurant, along with Uniques and Antiques.

A vigil was held Saturday for a northern Maine teen who has been missing just shy of three months, and whose disappearance has attracted international media attention. Stefanie Damron, 14, of New Sweden, Maine, was reported missing by her family on Sept. 24, a day after the then-13-year-old was last seen walking out of her house and into the nearby…

A woman was arrested on a murder charge in the violent killing of a 14-year-old boy in Sidney, Maine, on Friday, authorities said. The teenager was found dead outside of a residence on Summerhaven Road after a woman arrived at the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office about 5:27 a.m. to report an incident at her home, state police said. The...

A home in eastern Maine was destroyed by a fire that started with a propane gas explosion on Thursday morning. The Maine Fire Marshals Office said it was called to an address on Milford Road in Grand Lake Stream around 10:30 a.m. Thursday for a single-family home that had been destroyed by fire. They said the fire started outside the…

Police are searching for two suspects believed to have been involved in a shooting stemming from a fight that broke out at a steakhouse in South Portland, Maine, on Wednesday. South Portland police said they responded to the Kobe Steakhouse at 380 Gorham Road at 5:13 p.m. Wednesday for a possible shooting in the parking lot. Responding officers learned that…

Two people were killed in a fiery head on crash in Clifton, Maine, on Wednesday morning, authorities said. The crash occurred shortly before 10 a.m. on Route 180, and the road remained closed as of 1 p.m. Wednesday. Penobscot County Sheriff Troy Morton told News Center Maine that a vehicle crossed the center line and struck an oncoming vehicle head…

Residents in Auburn, Kittery, Portland and Waterville have all reported sightings.

Drone sightings have been reported in New Jersey, New York and more recently, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. And now they are being reported in Maine too. News Center Maine said a Kittery couple reported seeing a drone flying just down the street from their house last week. Ken and Judy Galle told the station they spotted the drone on Dec….

Police responded to an unusual incident on Monday after four cows fell from a trailer being towed by a pickup truck on the Maine Turnpike. Maine State Police said they responded to a single-vehicle crash involving a pickup truck hauling a cattle trailer on the Maine Turnpike in Lewiston at 11:30 a.m. on Monday. The driver was going south when…

Icy road conditions and some poor driving choices caused five separate crashes involving a dozen vehicles on Monday morning in central Maine. Maine State Police said they responded to Interstate 395 westbound on the bridge in Brewer at 7:20 a.m. Monday. A Toyota Tacoma had lost control due to the icy conditions and crashed in the third lane. The pickup…

President Joe Biden on Monday established a national monument honoring the late FDR-era Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet and a driving force behind Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs after the Great Depression. Perkins is “one of America’s greatest labor leaders, and that’s not hyperbole,” Biden said. Perkins “cemented the idea”...

A tractor-trailer was destroyed when it caught fire while being transported by a tow truck on the Maine Turnpike early Monday morning. State police said they responded to the Maine Turnpike northbound in Auburn around 3:45 a.m. for a report of a tractor-trailer unit and tow truck fire. The tractor-trailer, a Kenworth, was being towed by a Peterbilt 567 tow…

One person is dead and two others are injured after a crash Sunday evening in Winthrop, Maine. Winthrop police tell NBC10 Boston affiliate News Center Maine that two vehicles were involved in a collision on Route 202 around 4:30 p.m. A preliminary investigation shows 28-year-old Justin Mason was heading west on Route 202, as another vehicle, driven by Mariah St….

The wrong-way driver, identified as 30-year-old Stephan Adams, of Windham, Maine, was found to be impaired during the investigation, according to police.

Sgt. Jacob Wolterbeek, 41, was an 18-year veteran of the Biddeford Police Department and leaves behind a wife and three young children

In a surprising twist, a mistrial was declared Wednesday in the case of a Maine man accused of murder in connection with the 2022 Christmas Day death of a 3-year-old girl. Tyler Witham-Jordan, 30, of Edgecomb, was on trial in the homicide of Makinzlee Handrahan, but things took an unexpected and dramatic turn when the little girl’s mom was on…

A police sergeant was killed in a crash that occurred early Thursday morning on the Piscataqua River Bridge that carries Interstate 95 from New Hampshire to Maine. Maine State Police said they are investigating the fatal crash that involved two vehicles and occurred on the southbound side of the Maine Turnpike on the high-rise bridge at 1:14 a.m. Their initial…

A tractor-trailer loaded with oranges rolled over on the Maine Turnpike early Wednesday morning. Maine State Police said they responded to a crash on Interstate 95 north in New Gloucester around 3:30 a.m. Reports said that a tractor-trailer had left the highway and partially rolled over. Preliminary investigation indicates that the driver of the truck lost control and struck the…

Freeport, Maine-based L.L. Bean has announced a new round of layoffs this year. A company spokesman said in a statement to News Center Maine on Monday that the layoffs will impact between 50-75 people. That accounts to 2-3% of the company’s Maine-based staff. The company cited a “fluctuating retail landscape” and desire to “enable long-term growth” as reasons for...