Pest experts predict bad tick, mosquito season for Northeast
For the Northeast, the bi-annual Bug Barometer states that “higher tick populations may result from the unseasonably warm winter.
View ArticlePolice searching for missing Maine TV meteorologist
Local Meteorologist Tom Johnston, who works at WCSH TV, the NBC station in Portland, was reported missing Monday.
View ArticleYou’re putting your insect repellent on wrong
“There’s actually a right and a wrong way to put on insect repellent,” said Michael Bentley, staff entomologist for the National Pest Management Association.
View ArticleBerwick man, 25, found dead after barricading himself in home
The road has been closed since early Saturday morning.
View ArticleMassive fire destroys three buildings in Portsmouth
Firefighters say everyone inside made it out safely.
View ArticleDrug agents find alleged meth lab in Cornish home
Wednesday’s arrest was the 14th methamphetamine-related response by MDEA this year.
View ArticleLePage picks old-school Democrat as next state utilities watchdog
Gov. LePage is expected to choose Barry Hobbins, a longtime Democratic legislator, as the state's next utility ratepayer advocate.
View ArticleFire breaks out in former Sanford church
A fire broke out on Saturday afternoon at a former Catholic church in Sanford, where work is underway to convert the old house of worship into an apartment building.
View ArticlePoliticans say they want people to work, but they ignore this fast route to a...
There's a way to get more people out of poverty, but it's a "bewildering maze."
View Article250-pound black bear killed crossing road
The bear was crossing Sanford Road near Highpine Loop Road when it was struck by a vehicle, according to police.
View ArticleState police seek help in nearly 25-year-old homicide case
Susan Hannah, 22, was last seen April 19, 1992 at The Whaler, an Old Orchard Beach bar, the state police posted on Facebook.
View ArticleYoung Kittery boy dies after Connecticut car crash
A Kittery boy died from injuries he suffered in a chain-reaction car crash on I-95, according to Connecticut State Police.
View ArticleTipster leads Sanford police to man on lam for 9 months
The tip that led police to Bryan Farr-Luciano came in after the Sanford Police Department posted on its Facebook page an offer of lunch worth up to $20 with police in exchange for information leading...
View ArticleRobert Pirsig, author of counterculture classic ‘Zen and the Art of...
Robert Pirsig, a perfectionist who published only one major work after “Zen” but inspired college classes, academic conferences and a legion of “Pirsig pilgrims” who retrace the anguished,...
View ArticleFairPoint to phase out regulated landlines in 5 more Maine communities
Regulators on Tuesday gave FairPoint Communications permission to stop signing up new customers for regulated landline service in Scarborough, Gorham, Waterville, Kennebunk and Cape Elizabeth.
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to string of 2014 burglaries
DOVER, New Hampshire — A Somersworth man pleaded guilty to a series of burglaries and attempted burglaries stemming from the fall of 2014. Daniel Sterritt, 48 of Somersworth, pleaded guilty to his...
View ArticleKittery police arrest man on sex assault charge
Police arrested Jason Mayo, 38, formerly of Kittery, on three felony charges alleging gross sexual assault, domestic violence criminal threatening and domestic violence criminal threatening with a...
View ArticleNH Senate passes bill to legalize firecrackers, citing Maine competition
“This just puts us on an even keel there with Maine so we don’t lose our customers to them.”
View ArticleHollis dad accused of shooting kids with BB gun
According to police, the boys say their father shot them because they didn't do their chores.
View ArticleHuman remains found on Sanford construction site
A worker digging a water line for a new convenience store found the skeletal remains of an individual who had been missed during the relocation of a former cemetery on the site.
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