Old Town bridge will be closed next Wednesday for inspection of collapsed span

He allegedly assaulted a man in front of Bangor police officer

Just before the alleged assault, Jason Ladd, 42, was kicked out of a Main Street business and given a no-trespass order.

One Army unit is offering 4 bonus days off to play Grand Theft Auto for soldiers who reenlist

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A U.S. Army unit is offering its troops a special bonus if they reenlist soon: four extra days off timed around the November release of the video game Grand Theft Auto VI. Commanders of the 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, believe free time to indulge in the […]

Maine’s Catholic diocese reaches 7-figure settlement with people who say they were sexually abused

The settlements come more than a year after Maine’s highest court struck down a state law that retroactively removed the statute of limitations for lawsuits about sexual abuse.

The next generation of Aquaculture

WRITTEN BY WANDA CURTIS The Gulf of Maine Research Institute has trained 14 new employees for Maine’s aquaculture industry since 2018. The employees completed the GMRI Aquaculture Apprenticeship Program and are now employed by aquaculture businesses across Maine in shellfish and seaweed operations, according to Aquaculture Program Manager Carissa Maurin. Two more cohorts are currently […]

Omaha's largest public school district stops officers from using electric shock gloves

Police officers at Omaha’s largest public school district will no longer use gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, after the superintendent asked to halt the program this week, the mayor said. Omaha Public Schools Superintendent Matthew Ray requested Tuesday that police assigned to the schools, known as school resource officers, no longer use the […]