Kevin Miller

Four long-term care homes in Maine have announced they will close, displacing 120 residents. The ominous trend also means overburdened hospitals are losing a key lifeline for discharged patients.

The information released Wednesday draws no conclusions about the agency’s performance in keeping children safe, and the amount of its involvement has varied widely.

The seven-day average of new daily cases reached 246 on Saturday.

The conservative and controversial Republican served eight years in the Blaine House before being term-limited in 2019, and his entrance into the race all but guarantees a feisty campaign against Gov. Janet Mills.

Opponents of the high-voltage transmission line through western Maine have alleged that contractors cut a wider swath through the forest than its environmental permit allows.

Keith Mills of Arundel served for nearly 20 years with the U.S. Secret Service, guarding both Bush presidents and their families while in Kennebunkport and during travels.

Sharon Kennedy, who was known as Sharon Carrillo at the time of her arrest and conviction, was sentenced in Waldo County to 48 years in prison for murdering her 10-year-old daughter.

‘Everything has been taken away, and there’s nothing that we did,’ said one Fairfield homeowner whose land and water are contaminated by the ‘forever chemicals’ known as PFAS.

The lawsuit is the latest alleging mistreatment at what is now the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland.

The Maine House speaker will face Republican Sen. Susan Collins in the most costly Senate race in Maine history, with national implications for control of the Senate.

The measure would also prohibit courts from detaining juveniles solely because they can’t be sent home, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough.

A task force outlines steps to restore the sovereignty that tribal leaders say was lost in the landmark 1980 law.

Peoples was serving her fifth term in the Maine House of Representatives and had served with a host of Westbrook-area city councils, boards and civic groups over the years.

Over centuries, the state’s craggy coast has been the final resting spot for nearly one thousand fishing vessels, warships and passenger steamers. Here are some of their dramatic, courageous and intriguing tales.

A report by Disability Rights Maine cites ‘clear and troubling trends’ in schools’ use of restraint and seclusion, especially among students with disabilities.

A former Portland police chief and officer, Sauschuck was one of 5 Cabinet nominees to be confirmed on Tuesday, overcoming Republican criticism of his stance on gun-control issues.

Barbara Kruger isn’t known as an explicitly Jewish artist, but some striking Jewish themes emerge in her anti-retrospective, “Thinking of You, I Mean Me, I Mean You.”

The longtime critic of wind energy says he’s acting ‘to protect our natural beauty,’ and allows the new panel to craft regulatory changes without public scrutiny.

Some of the $35,000 spent by the governor and staff in D.C. is reimbursed, but he withholds details on expenses and dozens of ‘private appointments.’