Sunshine Stewart, 48, disappeared on the night of July 2 during an outing on Crawford Pond in Union, Maine. Her body was found hours later near an island preserve.

A paddleboarder was mysteriously murdered in a small Maine town — and authorities are urging calm as the killer remains unknown. Sunshine Stewart’s body was found under “unusual circumstances” on

Part of Lower Guinea Road in Lebanon, Maine was closed Thursday morning after a suspicious device was found on the roadside. The State Police bomb squad was investigating.

With expected steep cuts to Medicaid, there’s a growing movement in Maine of primary care providers skipping insurance altogether.

A 22-year-old man tried to save his dog after it jumped off his boat as he was fishing, according to Maine authorities, who said he then went missing. Maine Marine Patrol has been searching the Kennebec River for Robert Stolt, of Augusta, since his disappearance on July 6, the agency said in a July 7 news release.

Senate Democrats have a chance to beat Sen. Susan Collins in Maine. She’s the last Republican senator from New England and the only Republican who represents a traditionally Democratic state. She is also hated by some in her own party,

Resource centers around the state have frozen hiring and are operating understaffed in anticipation of funding shortfalls.

A total of six children, ranging in age from 9 to 16 years old, are facing charges in connection to several recent burglaries in Bingham. The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office says charges include burglary and aggravated criminal mischief after several vacant buildings were broken into and tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage was caused.