Company facing emissions complaints promises to clear air

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   A Maine company is promising to install $400,000 in odor-control equipment on petroleum storage tanks in response to neighborhood complaints and a proposed federal consent decree

Maine repays $400,000 to feds over non-bid contract

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   Maine has returned nearly $400,000 to the federal government over a no-bid contract granted under the former Republican governor’s administration

Business under fire for prohibited mascot apparel

A Maine business owned by a school board member is under fire after producing and selling apparel featuring a prohibited Native American-themed mascot.

Maine man sentenced to life for killing of Somerset County Sheriff’s Corporal

A judge issuing a life sentence for a man who shot and killed Somerset County Sheriff’s Corporal Eugene Cole.

Driver dies in crash into utility pole, tree, that split car

Maine sheriff’s deputies say a driver died after losing control of his car and crashing into a utility pole and a tree.

3 Maine museums to receive grants to make improvements

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP)   Southern Maine’s democratic congresswoman says three museums in her district will receive federal funds to make improvements

Fed grants will boost lobster research, create new extension

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   A federal program that funds ocean research is going to help establish a push for more scientific work about lobsters in Maine

Salmon group says it found dozens of fish farm escapes

A salmon conservation group says its researchers have intercepted more than 50 salmon it believes escaped from aquaculture operations near a river close to the border of Canada and Maine.

Feds press on with plan after lobstermen exit whale pact

An arm of the federal government says it’s disappointed that a lobster fishing group is pulling its support of a proposal to help endangered whales, but will continue to work with the fishermen.

Former music teacher indicted on multiple sex charges

A former music teacher in Brunswick accused of inappropriately touching two students who are minors has been indicted.