Sources: The Hill
Authorities in Maine, United States, confirm the death of Robert Card, the suspected perpetrator of a mass shooting that killed 18 in Lewiston, with indications of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. 2023-10-27
Greece bans the practice of conversion therapy for minors as well as all advertisements promoting it. 2022-05-11
Maine voters approve three questions on ballot in 2021, which ban the construction of Hydro Québec's high-voltage line to Massachusetts that passes through the state, authorize issuing $100 million in infrastructure bonds and amend the Constitution of Maine to declare a right to produce and consume food of their choice for personal usage. 2021-11-2
Maine reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant that originated in India. 2021-05-16
Massachusetts announces that they will remove New Hampshire and Maine from their low-risk travel list for contracting COVID-19. Individuals returning to Massachusetts from those states will be required to fill out a travel form, quarantine, or present a negative COVID-19 test. 2020-11-21
A 63-year-old woman is killed in a great white shark attack near Bailey Island, off the coast of Maine, United States. It is the first ever fatal shark attack on record in Maine, and only the second attack ever recorded in the state. 2020-07-28
Israeli MPs pass a bill to begin the process to outlaw conversion therapy, being the first Middle Eastern country to do so. The bill was passed as two of the main coalition parties joined the opposition in supporting it. It must pass two more approvals to become a new law. 2020-07-23
Heavy snowfall blankets much of the north-eastern United States. More than 1 foot of snowfall is reported widely, with up to 2 feet recorded in parts of Maine and Vermont. 2020-02-7
A truck going from Florida to Maine carrying about 1.5 to 2 million bees crashes.2014-05-20