Owner of Maine’s Biggest Newspaper Buys More Publications

BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP)   The owner of a newspaper group that dominates Maine media says he will expand his footprint by acquiring two more daily papers and a weekly group

Maine CDC Issues Warning about Unlicensed Tattoo Artist

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   Maine health officials are warning residents about an unlicensed tattoo artist who may have exposed multiple people to hepatitis C

Salmon Backers Ask Public to Show Up for Another Dam Meeting

ELLSWORTH, Maine (AP)   A Down East Maine environmental group is encouraging the public to show up for a public meeting about the relicensing of dams on a river in a rural part of the state

Prison Emptied by LePage Set to get 5 Guards, Inmates

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   A minimum-security prison that Gov. Paul LePage shuttered without legislative approval is getting five new guards and an unknown number of inmates

Governor Nominates Legal Counsel as District Judge

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   Gov. Paul LePage is nominating his chief legal counsel for a Maine District Court judgeship

State: ‘Baseless’ Claims of Cover-Up in Unemployment Program

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   Maine’s labor commissioner is blasting accusations by a whistleblower that the department destroyed records of complaints against a new unemployment insurance filing system

Appeal Rejected for Mainer Who Fled after Fatal Shooting

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   Maine’s supreme court has affirmed the conviction of a Maine man who fatally shot a man in 2014 and then fled the state

String Of Robberies In Cumberland County

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) _ Police in Maine are investigating whether a string of armed robberies in Cumberland County are connected.

3 Potential Candidates Face Challenges To Get On Ballot

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) – Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap says three potential Senate candidates are having the signatures they…

Maine Man Loses Appeal for Killing of Girlfriend, 2 Children

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   Maine’s supreme court has rejected the appeal of a man convicted of his killing girlfriend and her two children in Garland