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By PATRICK WHITTLE
WEST BATH, Maine — A sister who discovered a crime scene in which four people were shot to death arrived to broken glass, bullet holes, blood and guns strewn about the home, and the suspect was later arrested at the scene of a highway shooting with...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
A New Hampshire resident infected with the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus has died, state health authorities said.The Hampstead resident’s infection was the first in the state in a decade, the New Hampshire Department of Health and...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
Sea turtles strandings have increased dramatically. Congress might create a fund to bail them outEds: UPDATES: Updates Media.PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Sea turtle strandings have ticked up at an alarming rate in New England, but now the reptiles are close...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
PORTLAND, Maine — The federal government on Friday designated a large area off the New England coast for offshore wind production development, setting the stage for a possible lease sale within the Gulf of Maine.The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
PORTLAND, Maine — America’s lobster fishing business dipped in catch while grappling with challenges including a changing ocean environment and new rules designed to protect rare whales.The lobster industry, based mostly in Maine, has had an...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
PORTLAND, Maine — After back-to-back storms lashed the Northeast in January, rental properties Haim Levy owns in coastal Hampton, New Hampshire, were hammered by nearly two feet of water, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
PORTLAND, Maine — A coalition of environmental groups has sued the federal government to try to force the finalization of ship speed rules that the groups say are critically important to save a vanishing species of whale.The proposed ship speed rules...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
AUGUSTA, Maine — Law enforcement officers spoke Thursday of the difficulty in implementing the state’s yellow flag law that allows guns to be confiscated from someone in a mental health crisis, describing a cumbersome and time-consuming process in...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
A California court has dismissed a lawsuit from a group of fishermen against a conservation group that added New England lobster to its list of seafood to avoid.The lawsuit stemmed from a decision by Seafood Watch, which rates the sustainability of...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
PORTLAND, Maine — The caretakers of part of one of Maine’s most beloved lighthouses said Thursday they believe they can rebuild a portion of the structure that was damaged in a storm this week.The strong storm that brought high winds and heavy rains...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
PORTLAND, Maine — A group of lobster fishermen has sued fishing regulators in federal court, claiming that new electronic monitoring requirements designed to protect rare whales are unconstitutional.The new rules went into effect on Dec. 15 and...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
Police in Maine feared that confronting an Army reservist in the weeks before he killed 18 people in the state’s deadliest mass shooting would “throw a stick of dynamite on a pool of gas,” according to video released Friday by law enforcement.The...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
FREEPORT, Maine — The population of a beloved Maine bird, the common loon, dipped for the second straight year, but wildlife surveyors said they are heartened by an increased number of the bird’s chicks.Maine has the largest number of common loons in...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating the crash of a twin-engine cargo plane near a small airport in central Maine that killed both people on board.The Beechcraft crashed in a field in the town of Litchfield at around 5:45 p.m....
By PATRICK WHITTLE
AUBURN, Maine (AP) — A raccoon in Maine was euthanized and tested for rabies after a woman brought it into a pet store for a nail trim and some customers kissed it, state wildlife authorities said.The raccoon tested negative for the disease, and there...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Recent shark bites in Florida and Hawaii and a suspected case in New Jersey have piqued interest in an age-old summer question for beachgoers — is it safe to go in the water?Scientists and researchers who study sharks said the...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A staple seafood species caught by East Coast fishers for centuries is experiencing overfishing, and regulators have cut catch quotas by more than 80% to prevent the fish’s population from collapse.Haddock are one of the most...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Somewhere in a remote stretch of forest near Maine’s border with Canada, rocks from space crashed to Earth and may be scattered across the ground — just waiting to be picked up.If you’re the first to find a really big one, a...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
PORTLAND, Maine — The waters off New England, which are home to rare whales and most of the American lobster fishing industry, logged the second-warmest year on record last year.The Gulf of Maine, a body of water about the size of Indiana that touches...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The wild blueberry, Maine’s most important fruit, could get some help fighting off a pest under legislation proposed by the state’s Republican U.S. senator. Maine is the only state in the country with a significant harvest of...
By PATRICK WHITTLE
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal ocean regulators say a new fishing plan has a chance to rebuild the New England cod stock, which is a goal even many commercial fishermen have long regarded as far fetched.Atlantic cod were once a cornerstone of the New...
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