Last year, Mainers were subjected to 93 million robocalls. That’s an average of 73 calls per person. At a hearing of the Senate Aging Committee, experts warned that number is expected to go up this year. Read More
Visitors continue to find their way to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument even without road signs directing them there. Read More
Organizers say the event was designed as a response to another protest, later canceled, organized by critics of Gov. Janet Mills. Read More
The city of Portland has made arrangements to move several asylum seekers from emergency shelters in the city to private housing in Brunswick. Read More
A showdown over lobsters and whales appears to be brewing between Maine and the federal government. Read More
Maine's Congressional delegation is appealing directly to President Donald Trump to intervene in a federal rulemaking process that aims to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale, but which could cause large-scale disruption in this state's lobster industry. Read More
Opponents of Central Maine Power’s proposed 145-mile power line through western Maine said they will start a petition drive to take the question to a statewide vote. Read More
The plan includes the creation of a new nonprofit group that can shield its donors and operate in a legal gray area. Read More
Starting in September, holding your cell phone up to your ear while driving could cost you $250 — or more. Read More
The fare is expected to be about $150 round trip for a 40-minute flight on a nine-seat plane. Read More
The town has come up with a plan to hold several days of fireworks displays while also protecting several groups of piping plovers nesting on the beach. Read More
Growers Express is voluntarily recalling several fresh vegetable products that originated from a company production facility in Biddeford because they could be contaminated with the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes. Read More
Twenty years later, the hard-fought effort is being replicated and celebrated around the country as native, sea-run fish, bald eagles and other wildlife continue to return to the Kennebec River. Read More
This year's Maine strawberry season is expected to be late and short, but it looks like the flavor and size will be good. Read More
The Androscoggin County District Attorney’s Office will not file charges in the case of an alleged sexual assault that involved two students at Lisbon High School in April, according to the Lewiston Sun Journal. Read More
State documents reveal that, within the last year, there was a serious set of child safety violations at the Old Town-Orono YMCA child care center. Read More
The personal income of Mainers jumped 5.4 percent in the first quarter of this year. Read More
Specifically, Portland Mayor Ethan Strimling and others are hoping that the state will relax eligibility rules for General Assistance to help asylum seekers with basic needs. Read More
"At the moment, this removes the first and largest barrier to getting transgender-health needs covered under MaineCare," an advocate said. Read More
The location will be a 150-bed replacement for Portland's over-flowing Oxford Street shelter. Read More
