5+ hour, 3+ min ago   (373+ words) For 25 years, the calendar has kept moving forward. For Kathryn Ward, her brother Steve is always with her. But Sept. 11 carries a different weight each year. “Today is a day that was very much like September 11th, 2001. It was a beautiful…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (500+ words) The Jordan Avenue Station has a new $18.5 million extension that adds multiple new steps of filtration. Brunswick and Topsham Water District has opened a new water treatment facility at the Jordan Avenue Station. In addition to aeration and disinfection, water…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (428+ words) After months of reporting, 8 Investigates continues to press the Maine Department of Health and Human Services for more information about how the agency decides to crack down on MaineCare fraud. Using Maine’s Freedom of Access Act, 8 Investigates reviewed dozens of…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (279+ words) Drought conditions expected to worsen through the fall Drought conditions are expanding across Maine, with severe drought now reaching farther inland as dry weather continues across the state. About 90 percent of Maine residents are now living in moderate drought or…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (382+ words) Two people from New York are accused of scamming a business in Wiscasset during the purchase of a valuable piece of art. The Wiscasset Police Department says an officer was called to Ingram Fine Arts on Main Street on Thursday…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (148+ words) A Fidium Fiber outage affected customers across New England, including in Maine. Fidium Fiber announced shortly after 3:40 p.m. Thursday that it was experiencing technical issues and that its teams were working to restore services and systems as quickly as possible. About…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (178+ words) A New Hampshire man who has been a seasonal resident at a Maine campground stands accused of sexually assaulting a child for years at that camping area. John Defina, 81, of Kingston, was arrested Wednesday in New Hampshire by the Kingston…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (434+ words) A Gorham citizen group has been collecting signatures for a new petition in an effort to delay plans to build an Amazon distribution center along Route 25. Residents who are members of Gorham United said their goal is to collect just…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (259+ words) A Massachusetts man will appear in court next month after he was charged in connection with a bomb threat that prompted a closure of Kennebunk Town Hall in August. Andres Gaviria Arango, 25, has been charged with terrorizing, a Class C…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (145+ words) Gusty winds were reported across Maine on Thursday, and thousands of customers were without power. As of 2 p.m., Central Maine Power (CMP) was reporting 8,123 customers without power. More than 3,000 of those were in York County, with more than 1,000 in both Kennebec…...