Daniel Kool

The buggy passengers were transported to a hospital for minor injuries, as was the driver of the vehicle that hit them, state police said. The horse had to be put down.

Firefighters and more than a dozen engines from numerous local agencies descended on the blaze at 2124 Sanford Road Monday night.

The Office of State Fire Marshal determined that the fire started near a wooden porch along the outside of Pine Tree Commons. All the building's residents escaped the blaze safely, but one firefighter sustained minor injuries, the Wells Fire Department said.

Under the new site plan, the parking spaces along the building's Shore Road facade are listed as "existing casual parking" but are not delineated. Board members said that should preserve the status quo.

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention tested the bird last week, the town announced Tuesday.

It's not clear how many positions will be terminated, but the layoffs are part of a restructuring by the station's national parent company, TEGNA.

Local police officers responded to a report of a shooting Wednesday morning and discovered the victim's body.

Greater Portland has been in a dry period since the end of summer, but a late-week rainstorm should help moisten things.

The appeal process with the university system puts a temporary pause on the sale of the Hutchinson Center.

Authorities believe Jason Nadeau, a 51-year-old Lincoln resident, died of gunshot wounds Wednesday morning.