Starbucks in Maine is first in state to announce union plan

BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) Workers at a Starbucks store in Maine became the first in the state to announce their intent to unionize on Friday.

Crash in Auburn leaves police officer with non-life threatening injuries

An Auburn police officer was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after his cruiser was struck by another vehicle on Thursday.

No injuries after crash leaves car on wires in York County

A crash in East Waterboro ended with a vehicle resting against guard wires near a telephone pole.

Church of Safe Injection executive director dies at 33

Kari Morissette, executive director of the Church of Safe Injection, an organization dedicated to harm reduction for drug users, has died. She was 33.

Maine sheriff needed rescue after kayak capsized

STANDISH, Maine (AP) The sheriff in Maine’s most populous county needed to be rescued after his kayak capsized in Sebago Lake.

Maine sheriff treated for hypothermia symptoms after kayak overturns

Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce was rescued after his kayak overturned on Lake Sebago in Standish on Wednesday.

Police say pair who were struck and killed by train in Brunswick died by suicide

Police have released the identities of two people who died by suicide when they were hit by an Amtrak train in Biddeford over the weekend.

Maine man dies months after assault in prison cell

A Maine man who was incarcerated at a Windham prison has died about four months after an assault in his cell that hospitalized him with a traumatic brain injury.

Maine clarifies marijuana rules to try to aid medical users

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Maine has clarified some of its marijuana rulemaking procedures in a move supporters said would protect medical users and growers.

$1B hydropower project’s fate rests with Maine supreme court

Proponents in Maine of a stalled $1 billion energy corridor that sought to bringing Canadian hydropower to the New England power grid asked the state’s high court to breathe new life into the project Tuesday.