Tag Archives: Maine

OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine (AP) — A Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities has agreed to voluntarily leave the country, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday. ICE arrested Old Orchard Beach Police Department reserve Officer Jon Luke Evans, of Jamaica, on July 25, as part of the agency’s effort to step up immigration enforcement. Officials with the town …

Drone video showing a large great white shark near some of Maine’s most popular beaches has prompted police in one coastal town to issue a warning on Tuesday. The warning was issued just weeks after there were multiple great white sightings in an area of Maine where a woman was fatally attacked by a shark five years ago. Scarborough’s marine …

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 …

Maine resident hospitalized with year’s first human case of tick-borne Powassan virus, CDC says  The Portland Press Herald Mainer hospitalized with tick-borne disease  Bangor Daily News Maine resident tests positive for Powassan virus  WGME Maine CDC reports first human Powassan case, first West Nile bird case of the year  newscentermaine.com Maine sees first of Powassan, West Nile virus cases of the year  WMTW Source link

PORTLAND (WGME) — A Maine resident has tested positive for a tick-borne illness. It’s the first confirmed case identified in a person in Maine this year. The Maine CDC says an adult in Hancock County was hospitalized after becoming infected with Powassan virus. The CDC says they’ve also identified case of West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne disease, in a bird …

Lyme disease and anaplasmosis cases surging in Maine  The Portland Press Herald Source link

Mack Maine My Son Had a Fatal Seizure Published July 28, 2025 1:51 PM PDT Mack Maine is in mourning … he says his son died from a seizure. The New Orleans rapper says his son, Isaiah, suffered the fatal seizure July 16 at his home in California. Mack Maine says he’s still in shock and is still processing his …

FRANKFORT (WGME) — New details were released Friday in a case that rocked Midcoast Maine and got national attention: the murder of a paddleboarder more than two weeks ago. Police say 17-year-old Deven Young is accused of killing 48-year-old Sunshine “Sunny” Stewart. He has now been formally charged with murder and his name has been released Friday. The accused teen …

UNION, Maine (WGME) — The 17-year-old Maine boy charged with murder in connection with the death of a paddleboarder in Union has been identified. According to court documents, 17-year-old Deven Young is accused of killing 48-year-old Sunshine “Sunny” Stewart of Tenants Harbor. Young was arrested on Wednesday in Union and charged with murder. He is being held at Long Creek …

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine said Friday they have charged a 17-year-old with murder in the death of a paddleboarder who went missing on a rural pond. The body of Sunshine Stewart, 48, of Tenants Harbor, was found this month on Crawford Pond in Union, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Portland. The killing shocked and scared …