Maine

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...

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.

Maine State Police are investigating several shootings that occurred in the towns of Bowdoin and Yarmouth on Tuesday morning. Four people were found shot to death at a home on Augusta Road in Bowdoin on Tuesday morning. A short time later, around 10:30 a.m., three people were shot while driving their vehicles southbound on Interstate 295 between Mile Marker 17…

The hunt is on for a little piece of heaven that made history in Maine over the weekend — for the first time, a falling meteorite was spotted by radar in the state, NASA said. The space rock — rocks, actually, since it appears to have broken up — fell near the border with Canada just before noon on Saturday,…

Is there something other than the taste of lobster that compels us to eat the iconic Maine food?

A Maine man suspected of swinging a metal pole at police officers defending a tunnel into the U.S. Capitol during the deadly Jan. 6 riot was arrested Wednesday morning, federal prosecutors said.

A person has claimed the $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot won at a Maine gas station last month, the Maine State Lottery revealed Wednesday. They didn’t share the person’s name — they accepted the state’s first ever Mega Millions jackpot win, from Friday, Jan. 13, through a limited liability company called LaKoma Island Investments. They chose the pre-tax cash payment…

NOAA’s announcement came a week after Maine’s congressional delegation announced plans to use the federal spending bill to attempt to delay new protections for the whales for six years.

The menu for President Joe Biden’s glitzy state dinner Thursday night has embroiled the White House in a simmering controversy over Maine’s signature culinary offering.

A terrifying video of a truck crash in Maine has received hundreds of thousands of views. The incident happened last Friday in New Sharon, which is near Farmington, and was captured on a dashboard camera by Julia Burdin. According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, 41-year-old Jean Fanfan of Raynham, Massachusetts, was driving a tractor-trailer on Mile Hill Road...

A bargain hunter who went to an estate sale in Maine looking for a KitchenAid mixer, a bookshelf or vintage clothing walked away with a 700-year-old treasure.

Members of a charter group fishing off Monhegan, Maine, in late August were startled when a seven-foot mako shark landed in their boat.

A wild meeting with a high-flying shark caught on camera in Maine is going viral.

Some retailers are taking lobster off the menu after an assessment from an influential conservation group that the seafood poses too much of a risk to rare whales and should be avoided. Seafood Watch, which rates the sustainability of different seafoods, said this week it has added the American and Canadian lobster fisheries to its “red list” of species to…

As of this week, Seafood Watch announced that it has classified American lobster, including Maine lobster, as a seafood to avoid.

A major New England staple is now red-listed by a sustainability group that works with Whole Foods, The Cheesecake Factory and other national brands. As of this week, Seafood Watch announced that it has classified American lobster, including Maine lobster, as seafood to avoid. The group, which is a program of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, said in a…

An airplane part fell out of the sky and crashed to the ground just outside of the Maine State Capitol building last week, narrowly missing a police officer, officials said Monday.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark abortion ruling overturning Roe v. Wade is prompting efforts in liberal states to protect providers and patients who have traveled for a legal procedure.

A Connecticut man capped a grueling, monthslong run from Florida to Maine with a surprise proposal to his partner, who was with him the entire way.

The Supreme Court has ruled that religious schools can’t be excluded from a Maine program that offers tuition aid for private education.