Newsroom – The Latest Update from Q96.1

Here are the news headlines for Maine and New Brunswick for Monday, August 12th.

State police say a New Gloucester man has died after his ATV he struck a tree. Read more...

Police say an out-of-control car struck a family of four in St. George, killing a 9-year-old boy and sending two other family members to the hospital. Read more...

Maine fire officials say a man died in an apartment house fire in Windham but his fiancee managed to escape. Read more...

Statistics Canada has reported the jobless numbers for July. The Canadian economy shed more than 3,900 jobs last month, pushing the unemployment rate up a 10th of a point to 7.2 per cent. Provincially, the creation of about 4,000 mostly part-time jobs saw New Brunswick's unemployment rate drop a full percentage point to 10.2. Greater Moncton's jobless picture was on par with the national numbers, up 2/10 of a percentage point to 7.3.

Flags will fly at half-staff over Maine National Guard facilities on Tuesday to honor the late 4-Star Gen. John R. Dean Jr. Read more...

A shell disease that has plagued the southern New England lobster industry by making lobsters unsightly and in some cases unmarketable appears to be creeping northward to the lobster-rich grounds off Maine. Read more...