At its December 15, 2025 meeting, the Portland City Council unanimously voted to expand the range of services funded through the City’s Opioid Settlement Funds (OSF) in response to the nationwide opioid crisis and its impact in Maine.  The vote … Continue reading →

YOU ARE invited to attend a vigil tomorrow, Friday, December 19, at 4:30 pm., to remember the friends from the Greater Portland homeless community who have died this year.  The gathering will meet in front of the MaineHealth-Preble Street Learning … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 4:37 am., the Patten Fire Department responded to a commercial building fire at 6 Main Street in Patten. When the fire department arrived, the building, the Outback Garage, was  fully engulfed.  Two tenants who … Continue reading →

Fire investigators believe the deceased in the Palermo fire tragedy to be Gary Crane, Sr., 64, of Leeman Arm Road.  Positive identification will be determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examinder.  His son, Gary Crane, 45,  remains in … Continue reading →

A new, national public awareness campaign launched yesterday to ensure US servicemembers are prepared, protected, and empowered to obey lawful order, refuse illegal orders and access legal resources to know the difference. The effort, spearheaded by DEFIANCE.org and WhistleblowerAid.org comes … Continue reading →

Fire investigators have recovered a deceased individual this morning from the fire scene located at Leeman Arm Road in Palermo.  The body has been transported to the Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta for positive identification and determination of … Continue reading →

On Sunday, December 14, 2025, at approximaely 1:18 am., Troopers were dispatched to reports of a wrong way driver traveling northbound in the southbound lanes of the Maine Turnpike near Kennebunk.  A subsequent 911 call repoted that the vehicle, a … Continue reading →

On Monday, December 15, 2025, at approximaely 1:07 am., the Greenville Fire Department responded to a fire at the Greenville Masonic Hall, located at 281 Pritham Avenue in Greenville.  The Greenville Fire Department, along with mutual aid fire departments arrived … Continue reading →

On Monday, December 15, 2025, at approximaely 11:25 pm., the Palermo Fire Department received a report of a structure fire at a residence located at 98 Leeman Arm Road. Upon arrival, firefighters found the home fully engulfed with fire.  Fire … Continue reading →

Governor Janet T. Mills (D-ME) announced late this afternoon her intent to allow LD 1971, An Act to Protect Workers in This State by Clarifying the Relationship of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies with Federal Immigration Authorities, to become … Continue reading →