BAILEYVILLE, Maine -- Setting the thermostat at 60 degrees used to be no problem for Gerard Berry, even during harsh Maine winters. Then he got sick with stomach cancer and struggled to stay warm as he lost weight. “I used to tell the kids, ‘Put a sweatshirt on.’ But when I got sick, I got really thin, and we had to push it up a lot more,” said Berry, 47. “We burned a lot more fuel last year than...

Graham Platner was looking for a cover-up. Nearly 20 years ago, the Maine Democrat drunkenly selected a skull and crossbones design while out on leave with his fellow Marines in Croatia. It wasn’t until several weeks into his campaign for a key U.S. Senate seat that Platner says he discovered that the design was recognized as a Nazi symbol. Rather than wait through multiple sessions of laser remov...

Last week, Graham Platner, a progressive Democrat running for the US Senate in Maine, responded to a burst of online criticism by doing something few candidates for high office are ever required to do: he posted a topless photo of himself on the internet. It was an unusual moment in a campaign that had so far gone his way. Platner had won praise from progressives and secured the backing of Bernie...

PORTLAND, Maine -- PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, says he will remove a tattoo of an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol that he got on his chest nearly 20 years ago. Platner said Tuesday on the Pod Save America podcast that he got the skull and crossbones tattoo in 2007, when he was in his 20s and in the Marine Corps. It happened durin...

Graham Platner, a U.S. military veteran and oyster farmer who is running for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in Maine, is distancing himself from controversial online posts where, among many things, he called himself a "communist" and suggested that some political resistance should include firearms in series of now-deleted posts that stretch back to 2010. CNN first reported on the po...

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 opened fire at a bowling alley and a bar and grill. An i...

SCARBOROUGH, Maine -- Reports of a large great white shark near some of Maine's most popular beaches have prompted police in one coastal town to issue a warning on Tuesday. Scarborough's marine resource officer got word of the roughly 10- to 12-foot shark (over 3 meters) on Monday, police said. The shark was spotted in the area of Crescent Beach State Park, Higgins Beach and Pine Point Beach, they...

ST. GEORGE, Maine -- Friends and family of a Maine woman whose killing on a rural pond shocked the community plan to celebrate her life with a maritime service on Sunday. Sunshine Stewart, 48, of St. George, went missing in July while paddleboarding on Crawford Pond, a popular summer destination in Union. She was later found dead, and police charged Deven Young, 17, of Frankfort, Maine, with murde...

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ATOP LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Maine -- The founder of Burt’s Bees envisioned a tribute to Henry David Thoreau when she began buying thousands of acres of logging company land to donate for what would become the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument. But there was a major pivot: The monument's new welcome center tells its story not from the perspective of the famed naturalist but through the eyes of...

PORTLAND, Maine -- An item in Republicans' sweeping policy and tax bill intended to block Medicaid dollars from flowing to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s biggest abortion provider, is also hitting a major medical provider in Maine. Maine Family Planning filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Wednesday seeking to restore the reimbursements. Accessing health care in Maine — one of the No...

Un nouveau mort au travail dans le cadre d’un stage. Vendredi 4 juillet, les pompiers sont appelés pour un accident mortel dans une exploitation de Vivy, au nord de Saumur (Maine-et-Loire). Il aurait été tué après avoir été percuté par le godet d’un engin agricole. Ce décès s’inscrit dans le cadre d’un stage de seconde obligatoire vient s’ajouter à la mort d’un jeune originaire de Saint-Lô (Manche...

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PORTLAND, Maine -- James Talbot, a former Catholic priest convicted of sexually assaulting boys in Maine and Massachusetts after he was exposed by the investigation that led to the movie “Spotlight,” has died. He was 87. Talbot, a former Jesuit, appeared on a list provided by the religious order of northeastern Jesuits who faced credible allegations of sexual abuse of a minor. Talbot died on Feb....

Un incendie a ravagé une centaine des 300 hectares d'un massif forestier dans le Maine-et-Loire. Vendredi 11 avril au matin, 110 pompiers venus de plusieurs départements étaient encore mobilisés. Après une journée de lutte, l'incendie semble circonscrit même si la prudence reste de mise. "La journée va être consacrée à surveiller ces 300 hectares, le contour de ces 300 hectares", explique Sébastie...

Un carré de verdure bien loin de l'effervescence parisienne, Alexandre a quitté la capitale en été 2024 pour rejoindre la ville d’Angers dans le Maine-et-Loire. Analyste de données, il télétravaille quatre jours par semaine pour l'entreprise de jeux vidéo Ubisoft. Pour lui, le télétravail est l’assurance d’un meilleur équilibre de vie et plus de productivité. “On peut se concentrer plus facilement...

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Некоммерческий исторический музей Maine Forest and Logging Museum решил восстановить работоспособность этой удивительной паровой машины, которая ранее выполняла функции тягача вместо лошадей или вкладчика каменных дорог в труднодоступных местах. Необычная и оригинальная машина привлекла внимание в соцсетях, где пользователи выразили свой интерес. Ранее такие машины, как говорится в пояснении к вид...

An Heiligabend macht ein Mann in einem Lebensmittelgeschäft in Maine, USA, seine letzten Einkäufe. Bei näherem Hinsehen entdeckt der Kunde im Becken ein ganz besonderes Exemplar: einen Hummer, der zur Hälfte rot und zur anderen Hälfte braun gefleckt ist - ein Merkmal, das nur bei einem von 50 Millionen Hummern vorkommt, wie die „New York Post“ berichtet. Der Kunde kauft den Hummer, steckt ihn aber...

President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation on Monday to establish the Frances Perkins National Monument in Newcastle, Maine. The location will "honor the historic contributions of America's first woman Cabinet Secretary, the longest-serving Secretary of Labor, and the driving force behind the New Deal," according to the White House. Perkins served as labor secretary for 12 years under President...

BANGOR, Maine -- Stephen King’s raucous rock ‘n’ roll radio station is going silent at year’s end. The renowned author and lifelong rocker who used to perform with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a rock band that featured literary icons, said Monday that at age 77, it’s time to say good-bye to three Bangor, Maine, stations that have been bleeding money. King kept the stations afloat for decades, and h...

Republican leaders are projecting confidence that they will keep control of the U.S. House as more races were decided in their favor Thursday, while Democrats insist they still see a path toward the majority and sought assurances every vote will be counted. The Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate early Wednesday. Follow the AP’s Election 2024 coverage at: https://apnews.com/hub/election-202...

LEWISTON, Maine -- Maine Democratic Rep. Jared Golden, a moderate known for defying party orthodoxy, is defending his seat in Congress against Austin Theriault, a stock car driver and Republican state lawmaker. The matchup between Golden and Theriault is one of a handful of pivotal races with a chance to influence control of the U.S. House of Representatives during a competitive election year. The...

AUGUSTA, Maine -- Maine's adult mental care facilities are ready to emerge from court oversight after an appointed specialist concluded the state is now in “substantial compliance" with the latest standards set by a court legal decree. An agreement called the “AMHI Consent Decree” was drafted in 1990 when conditions were so bad at the state’s Augusta Mental Health Institute that the courts stepped...