Survivors of Maine’s deadliest mass shooting and relatives of victims are suing the federal government, alleging that the U.S. Army could and should have stopped one of its reservists from carrying out what they call “one of the most preventable mass tragedies in American history.” Eighteen people were killed in October 2023 when Robert Card…
New data shows that great white sharks are spending more time in the chilly waters off New England and Canada’s Atlantic coast. That means boaters, beachgoers and fishermen who spend time in the northern waters are learning to live with the predators made famous by the movie “Jaws” 50 years ago. Sightings of the sharks…
AUGUSTA — An oyster farmer from Sullivan announced his run for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Graham Platner, a Marine and Army veteran, is running in the Democratic primary for the right to challenge U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in November 2026, according to a press release. “Year after year, we send people to Washington who…
Drone video showing a large great white shark near some of Maine’s most popular beaches has prompted police in one coastal town to issue a warning on Tuesday. The warning was issued just weeks after there were multiple great white sightings in an area of Maine where a woman was fatally attacked by a shark…
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) — The chief of police in a resort town in Maine has called for an investigation into the arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of one of its officers, whom the chief said was federally approved to work in the country in May. ICE arrested Old Orchard Beach Police…
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Prosecutors in Maine said Monday they will seek to try a 17-year-old charged with murder in the death of a paddleboarder as an adult. The body of Sunshine “Sunny” Stewart, 48, of St. George, was found earlier this month on Crawford Pond in Union, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of…
A 17-year-old has been charged with murder in the death of a paddleboarder who went missing in Maine, authorities said on Friday. Maine State Police said on Thursday that a teenage boy, who has not been publicly named, was taken into custody the night before in Union. The teen was charged with one count of…
The death of a paddleboarder who went missing in Maine last week has been ruled a homicide, police said Monday. Sunshine Stewart, 48, was found dead during a search last Thursday on Crawford Pond in the town of Union, Maine State Police said in a statement. An autopsy by the state medical examiner’s office determined her…
Sometimes, it’s good to not be number one. A surprising new study of the most expensive tourist destinations in America flew right over New York City — in fact, we didn’t even make the top five. The report, published by GOBankingRates, took 91 popular spots from coast to coast — then ranked the 55 priciest in order….
After Maine police announced an arrest in the cold case murder of a teenage girl in 1984, a former reporter who saw the victim shortly before she died is speaking out. Linda Maxwell, 18, was last seen on August 23, 1984, the Maine State Police said in a statement. She had spent the evening with…