Sen. Susan Collins said she wants President Donald Trump to make a fourth statement on the violence in Charlottesville, this time making crystal clear he won't tolerate bigotry. Read More
Central Maine Flower has bought the shuttered Town & Country Foods with long-term plans to grow recreational marijuana in the former 13,340-square-foot former meat operation. Read More
State Sen. Eric Brakey doesn't believe animal control officers must be certified to wrangle rabid animals, massage therapists licensed to massage or sign language interpreters licensed to interpret. Read More
The president and CEO of Auburn Manufacturing Inc. has scored a preliminary victory in arguing that unfairly cheap imports have hurt business at her company. Read More
"This piece of legislation will hopefully make it a little easier for them to communicate with the (attorney general's) office and the state police." Read More
In a misprint on some cards, the number to report a lost or stolen card to DHHS is actually the number of a phone sex line. Read More
AUGUSTA, Maine — Jason Levesque lost a bid for a contract Tuesday to a competing call center in the Philippines. He understands pressure from overseas. He understands wanting to keep work here. The president and founder of Argo Marketing Group, headquartered in Lewiston, told… Read More
State Rep. Arthur Verow saw too many tattoos on high school basketball players who looked too young to have them, which sent him digging into state rules. He discovered it is in Maine regulations — but not state law — that a licensed tattoo… Read More
“Amaani” describes it as feeling like she can’t swallow, as sudden and terrifying as a tornado, like a psychological bruise. And so unexpected. Growing up, Abdifatah Ahmed had been the brother of her childhood best friend. He was kind, fun. They married in 2010. He eventually… Read More
You’re driving, in your own lane — and another car is coming right at you. It’s about as bad as it gets on the road. And it’s happening in Maine more often. Maine is on pace to experience 25 percent more head-on collisions —… Read More
LEWISTON, Maine — The company that lost the state contract to broker rides for MaineCare patients after thousands of complaints and missed pick-ups has offered bonuses to employees who stay on and keep answering the phones through next week. At least one lawmaker wants to know… Read More
Not too long ago, Ron Fournier walked out onto North Pond, drilled holes for a day of ice fishing and returned to find three of the tourists in his ice shack wearing life jackets. A fourth had one cradled on his lap. The ice was 32… Read More
“Bruce” knew his teenage son was stressed, overscheduled with sports, extracurriculars and a girlfriend, busy sometimes five nights a week. He seemed to genuinely enjoy it all, and the worst of the sports season was almost over. Bruce thought about telling his son to… Read More
Fewer people are playing the ponies: Off-track and racetrack wagers in Maine were down again in 2013. The figures were released Wednesday, the same day the Maine House gave initial approval to a new twist on Scarborough Downs’ effort to win a racino in the Legislature:… Read More
AUBURN, Maine — For its first 100 years, Lamey-Wellehan was run by a Wellehan, first Dan, then Jim, a rare, long father-son streak. As the high-end shoe store celebrates its century anniversary next week, President Jim Wellehan, 75, a frequently-lauded businessman, witty and fiercely… Read More
One in five western Maine middle school students has seriously thought about committing suicide. The same students were more likely than peers across the state to admit to having huffed paint, smoked marijuana, had sex, gambled or driven with someone drunk or high. In… Read More
People walked into Maine’s two beckoning casinos last year and gambled more than $1.1 billion. Newcomer Oxford Casino, without a hotel or amenities except a restaurant with a $5 burger night, saw more than half of that action. With numbers like that, other companies… Read More
About anywhere in New England, they’re sneakers, not tennis shoes, and it’s a rotary, not a traffic circle. Travel west of the Connecticut River, and Italian sandwiches turn into foot-long grinders. Head north, and you’ll smack headlong into a word that appears to be… Read More
Money isn’t everything. But if it were, you’d want to be a doctor. Surgeons and physicians hold the highest-paying jobs in 11 of Maine’s 16 counties, according to the Maine Department of Labor. In four other counties, it pays to be a chief executive… Read More
A 29-year-old woman with a toddler is busted inside a run-down camper. Two twentysomething brothers are caught in a family cabin deep in the Maine woods. A 32-year-old woman in a mobile home tries to run when agents show up. She doesn’t get far. Read More
