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New Study Says Most People in Maine Sleep Like Garbage
There are so many delightful sounds and smells throughout the state of Maine, whether you're by the water and can hear the crashing of the waves, or further inland with crickets playing a symphony every night. There's the salty air or the scent of flower meadows all around the state.
Three Bodies Found Inside Residence in Maine
Three people were found dead Saturday afternoon at a residence on Highland Avenue in Mechanic Falls. The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit South said the bodies were discovered by the Mechanical Falls Police Department around 4 pm. Cause and Manner of Death under Investigation. The deceased were transported to...
Pioneer Motel In Edgecomb Gives Up Lodging License
After a state inspection in April found enough violations to declare the property an “imminent health hazard,” the Pioneer Motel in Edgecomb voluntarily gave up its state lodging license, removing itself from state jurisdiction. According to owner James “Jim” Sauvie, although he has addressed the issues cited by...
Volunteers go door-to-door to teach life-saving naloxone use in Winthrop community
WINTHROP (WGME) - Teaching the community how to save lives- that's the goal of Project Doorstep, which goes door to door teaching people how to use the drug naloxone. Naloxone, better known as Narcan, is a life-saving drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. Project Doorstep volunteers met...
Get Your tickets for Camden Rotary Club’s Cash Raffle
Members of the Camden Rotary Club are selling tickets for their annual Super Raffle for the next five weeks. Three ticket holders will receive cash prizes of $1,500, $1,000, or $5,000. The remaining income from ticket sales will fund charitable grants to local nonprofit organizations. You can buy tickets from...
West Bay Rotary Backpack Program to help local kids
It’s that time of year again and West Bay Rotary’s Backpack Program is back for the 2024-25 school year, thanks again to Rotarian Barbara Heard. Fourteen years ago In 2012, Heard had the idea of finding backpacks for students who needed one and she single-handedly started and has been the driving force of a program that has continues to provide brand new backpacks to needy students at the start of the new school year. In 2015, she approached L.L. Bean, who generously donated 50 new backpacks. They have continued to donate backpacks every year since then. (Thank you, LL Bean!)
Police: Speeding driver hits bicyclist, ignites fire after multi-vehicle Scarborough crash
SCARBOROUGH (WGME) - A Rumford man is facing numerous charges after police say he committed multiple hit-and-run crashes and appeared to intentionally hit a bicyclist before causing a final fiery crash in Scarborough. At 4:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon, the police responded to a report of a hit-and-run on Route...
Watch from a bear's eye view: Bear eats sunflower seeds, takes bird feeder camera
You have heard of a bird's-eye view, but what about a bear's-eye view?. Bears are very active in Maine, and a man from New Gloucester has the video to prove it after a black bear walked off with his camera. See the bear mischief in the video above. Jeff Meissner...
Big Change Coming to Popular Airline Serving Maine, New Hampshire, & Massachusetts
Over the last few decades, we have seen the airline industry change a lot. Just after September 11, we saw a series of new safety regulations put in place. These were, of course, done in an effort to prevent future terrorist attacks. A few years later, we began to see...
Bowdoin's Alex Grand'Pierre finishes fourth in Olympic race, fails to reach semifinals
PARIS, France — Bowdoin College's Alexandre Grand'Pierre became the third member of his family to swim for Haiti in the Olympics after his 100-meter breaststroke race Saturday morning. His sister Naomy was the first woman to swim for Haiti in the Olympics and did so in 2016. Emilie represented...
The Average Maine Home Now Costs Over $400,000 for the First Time
Maine smashes another record for home sales. Maine has set yet another record, because last month, the average sale price of a home in June of 2024, was $406,000 – the highest ever. That's according to the Press Herald, which gets their data from the Maine Association of Realtors.
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