Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages & Lottery Operations is making Intellicheck's Age ID available to many state liquor licensees for free for a year.

The State Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations will make an app called Age ID available to 150 on-premises licensees.. Maine news, sports ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - The Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations is unveiling a new strategy to combat underage drinking. "Whether ...

KENNEBUNK — John Patuleia was able to get an early start on his Christmas shopping after winning $20,000 on a Maine Lottery scratch-off ticket.

AUGUSTA (WGME) - It's the season for holiday festivals and fundraisers and many of those events feature raffles, but the head of the state's Gambling Control ...

Feeling duped and disappointed, a New Gloucester man says the signed Patriots helmet he won in a charity raffle has since turned out to be a fake.

Travis Mills was sitting on an airplane and his phone wouldn't stop ringing. The 31-year-old Army veteran was on his way back to Maine — the plane was taxiing ...

It might be too late for readers who are already stuffing their faces with turkey. But for those who are still tidying up the house in anticipation of.

WORCESTER - The Worcester Railers HC(11-12-3-1, 26pts) closed out a three game homestand with a 2-1 shootout loss to the visiting Maine Mariners ...

A Maine hunter shot video rather than bullets when he came across an unusual creature in the woods -- an albino porcupine.

Seeing a rainbow is a stroke of luck, and a double rainbow is even more spectacular. But a triple rainbow? Impossible as it may seem, a bizarre tangling of ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Maine Lottery's "WPT" game were:

HALLOWELL — Two downtown storefronts were awarded preference for marijuana retail stores after a lottery at Monday's City Council meeting, leaving one ...

The weather outside is getting a bit more frightful — heck, here in Bangor we just completed the coldest November on record — but it still may be a challenge to ...

State of Maine is trying to keep up with the rise of scannable fake IDs that look totally legit and keep alcohol establishments out of trouble.

Rep. Bruce Poliquin's post-election posturing seems to be based on the principle that “if I lose, the process must be unconstitutional.” As is obvious from his own ...

Seventy-three Waterville-area businesses donated thousands of dollars worth of presents for the fourth annual Sukeforth Festival of Trees. The charity event ...

An introduction to the Maine State Museum and the state's history and a 'cozy' Maine murder mystery.

While big-box stores opened at midnight on Friday, small-business owners around central Maine got their running start on the holiday season on Small Business ...

HALLOWELL — Maine's smallest city by land area looks to be one of the first to award local licenses allowing adult-use marijuana establishments. City Manager ...

AUGUSTA — Fifteen disabled Maine veterans experienced a once-in-a-lifetime controlled moose hunt this year as participants in the annual Maine Disabled ...

(NEWS CENTER Maine) — As we loosen the buckles on our belts and say goodbye to one holiday, we usher in the mother of all holidays. Whether you ...

DURHAM (WGME) -- Thirty guns, some semi-automatic, are being raffled off to raise money for the Durham Fire Department this November, in what's become a ...

ROCKPORT — George's River Trout Unlimited (GRTU) welcomes Bonnie Holding, Casting for Recovery – Maine Program Coordinator, and Mike May, Program ...

What better way to get into the holiday spirit than charity--and booze but that's not what this is about. The Sukenforth Family Festival of Trees knows a thing or ...

The trees are decorated with gift cards, tickets to sporting events or toys, and are raffled off for charity.. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and ...

The Augusta Downtown Alliance's River of Trees kicks off three days of events in the city, including a tree-lighting ceremony on Saturday.

The Park Ridge Civic Orchestra will present “An Irish Christmas” on Sunday, Dec. 9 at 3 p.m. in the auditorium of Maine East High School, 2601 W. Dempster St.

Money was raised for local organizations during the weekend event, which also showcased the growth of downtown and renovations at the Colonial Theater.

The jackpot climbs to $1.6 billion for the next drawing, Tuesday night.

While no one in Maine won the $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot — the single winning lottery ticket was sold in South Carolina — the lure of becoming an ...

The Maine Lottery recorded its best 12 months ever in the fiscal year 2018 that just ended, setting records for sales, prize money, commissions to retailers and ...

Though no one in Maine won the Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday night, state lottery officials said more than 46,000 tickets sold in Maine were worth between ...

A central Maine man is now banned from a local casino after what he says was an honest mistake. CBS 13's I-Team discovered you could be taking a gamble, ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Maine is using a lottery to give away four of its coveted scallop fishing licenses this year. Scallops are among the most valuable marine ...

The state has chosen four fishermen from eastern Maine from almost 1300 applicants who sought the first new scallop fishing licenses to be issued in Maine in ...

DIF&W spokesman Mark Latti explained Thursday that in the final hours before Wednesday's deadline, the state's online registration system for the lottery began ...

No, you can't just cash one of those oversized checks shown in all the winner photos.

A super PAC's attack ad in the race for Maine's 2nd Congressional District claims that Democratic candidate Jared Golden voted for people to purchase tattoos, ...

AUGUSTA – It's September in Maine, and that means the state's expanded deer hunt is getting started soon. There's a pair of big dates on the deer hunt ...

It's being called a landmark Supreme Court decision and a historic day for American sports, as the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a federal ban on sports ...

Three months after the Supreme Court overturned a law prohibiting states from legalizing sports betting, a few states have begun accepting wagers.

The Maine Lottery says it awarded more prizes in fiscal year 2018 than in any previous year. Advertisement. The agency is describing the fiscal year that just ...

With today's data overloads, high school students and teachers will get a leg up on understanding the numbers behind well water contaminated with arsenic that ...

What's more fun than a parade of elephants? A party of jays? A consortium of crabs? It's the 2018 Maine Moose Lottery, set this year for June 9 in Skowhegan.

Random chance will determine whether those who have reserved a permit to buy firewood from Acadia National Park will actually get any.. Maine news, sports ...

Stephen King's letters, new Brewer butcher, scallop licenses and more: Here's what we're talking about in Maine today.. Maine news, sports, politics, election ...

Hunters who are hoping to increase their odds of harvesting a deer this fall are running out of time to enter the state's any-deer permit lottery. The deadline is ...

If and when legalized sports betting comes to New England, how it's implemented likely will vary among the region's six states. In our series on sports gambling, ...

In all, Kathleen McCarty won the tiny house, a new Ford F-350 truck, $3000 in cash and all state and federal withholding taxes paid.. Maine news, sports, politics, ...

DENNYSVILLE, Maine (AP) - Maine is letting new people into its rebuilding scallop fishery for the first time in nearly a decade. The Maine Department of Marine ...

ELLSWORTH — Like Maine scallops but don't want to pay $19 a pound or more? Feeling lucky? Come winter, maybe you can go catch your own. This week ...

Drink beer and watch goats play, any-deer permit results, algae blooms and more: Here's what's happening in Maine today.. Maine news, sports, politics, ...

Maine residents looking to downsize into tiny home living have a new option on where to place that home if they don't own land. The owner of Linnhaven Mobile ...

The United States Supreme Court overturned a sports gambling prohibition in May 2018. It opened the door for states to pass legislation allowing for sports ...

SKOWHEGAN — At one of the biggest Maine moose lottery gatherings in 22 years, many of the more than 1,000 people who turned out Saturday in Skowhegan ...

SACO — A resident of Saco has taken home a six-figure prize as a winner of a September Maine Lottery scratch-off ticket. Leo B. Flynn of Saco won the ...

AUGUSTA — A central Maine-based organization that runs a retreat for wounded veterans is receiving half-a-million dollars from the winner of a recent ...

The US state of Maine's Department of Marine Resources announced this week that it has opened its license lottery for four scallop drag licenses in 2018.

John Ouellette of Fort Kent brought home a million dollars by scratching a winning ticket he purchased from the local Paradis Shop 'n Save grocery store in July.

A single mom who won $343.9 million in a recent Powerball drawing announced Wednesday that she'll be giving a half million of her jackpot to a foundation that ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine will soon let new people into its valuable baby eel fishery for the first time in several years, and fishermen are hopeful they could ...

When The Lost Kitchen, a 45-seat restaurant in the small town of Freedom, Maine, opened its phone line for reservations last April, it received around 10,000 ...

The fate of Maine's pioneering experiment in democracy now rests with one man.. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and obituaries from the Bangor ...

GORHAM (BDN) -- The story of how a stray injured puppy named Bo rode on a bicycle in Georgia and ended up living on a small farm in southern Maine may ...

The 2018 Maine moose permit lottery is now open and applications will be accepted online only at www.maine.gov/online/moose.

The effects of fish farms, no more snow days, a Bucksport mill transformation and more: Here's what we're talking about in Maine today.. Maine news, sports ...

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission rejected an effort this week to expand Maine's lucrative elver, or glass eel, by increasing the annual quota by ...

BANGOR, Maine — Democrats stormed back into control of the State House for the first time since 2009 after Tuesday's election by flipping the Maine Senate ...

Shane Missler is getting a lot of advice these days. “Shut down your Facebook!” advises one friend. “Get a priest, lawyers, financial advisers,” insists another.

That crowd gathering in Maine isn't for a sporting event or to buy lottery tickets. No, the scrum consists of potential challengers to Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A group of California co-workers who decided to play the lottery on a whim won last month's $543 million Mega Millions jackpot, the ...

It's September in Maine, and that means the state's expanded deer hunt is getting started soon.

SOMERVILLE, Maine (WABI) - One person's trash is another's treasure. There's a woman in Maine who sells arts and crafts that she makes in her own home that ...

Want to go on a Maine moose hunt this year? If you're one of the thousands who have that goal, here's your first warning: The Maine Department of Inland ...

While the U.S. Supreme Court in May opened the door for sports betting to become legal, it may be at least a year before that occurs in most states.

Good morning from Augusta, where we'll begin with a Monday roundup of news from Maine's biggest campaigns. The Democratic challenger in Maine's 2nd ...

Maine's annual deer permit lottery is ready to begin, and there are thousands of more permits available this year than in years previous.

But then he saw one, and he realized the alarming truth: He didn't have mice. He had rats.. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and obituaries from the ...

The borrowing would pay to mitigate wastewater pollution in coastal watersheds, for upgrades to the state's aging transportation infrastructure, and for facility ...

Shane Missler walked down Mandalay Avenue in Clearwater Beach in March 2017 and stopped at a statue of Hulk Hogan for the perfect photo op. With one ...

That crowd gathering in Maine isn't for a sporting event or to buy lottery tickets. No, the scrum consists of potential challengers to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).

Democrat Janet Mills said Wednesday that her top priorities as Maine's next governor will be expanding Medicaid as voters demanded in 2017.. Maine news ...

Good morning. Temperatures will be in the mid-50s throughout the state, with rain in the afternoon. Here's what you need to know for Tuesday.

Maine fisherman Mike Billings hit the lottery of lobster fishing Tuesday morning when he hauled in a rare “ghost lobster,” described as a 100 million-to-1 catch.

BANGOR, Maine — The toss-up race in Maine's 2nd Congressional District is headed to a ranked-choice voting count, with U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin holding a ...

Under a proposed settlement, backers of a failed 2017 casino referendum would pay only a fifth of the record $500000 in penalties assessed by Maine's ethics ...

Body of missing New Hampshire hunter found in Maine NEW PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Maine Warden *Service* says the body of a missing hunter from ...

Some ways to secure a seat at a restaurant in 2018: Visit the restaurant's website, visit a third-party website, email, use an app, call, stand in line, hire someone ...

A federal jury on Thursday convicted a North Carolina man of failing to pay nearly $60000 in child support for his son who is now 27.. Maine news, sports ...

Eleven lucky Mainers have won the elver lottery. Their names were chosen Tuesday from among more than 8,000 entries submitted by more than 3,000 people ...

Maine made history with the election of Janet Mills as the state's first woman governor, and there are also more women serving in the Maine Legislature than ...

The First and Fourth amendments to the U.S. Constitution took center stage Tuesday when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court convened at Westbrook High ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Valuable species of shellfish have become harder to find on the East Coast because of degraded habitat caused by a warming ...

Here is a quick rundown of this cycle's caravan of candidates and ballot questions you can use to plan ahead or tab to read while you stand in line at the polls.

The restaurant received envelopes from places as far away as Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and Malaysia.. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and ...

SKOWHEGAN — The nonprofit Main Street Skowhegan will host the first ever Skowhegan Moose Festival in June in conjunction with the annual Maine Moose ...

Many years ago, when Angus King was governor, I decided to try to get some public money for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. I worked for the ...

It may be one of the coolest things about living — and fishing — in Maine, depending on who you ask.. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and ...

New Hampshire is trying to lure more out-of-staters to its liquor stores, using a promotion that Maine-based critics say is a cheap shot. From now until Labor Day, ...