Motorcycle crash killed 50-year-old, investigation continues

Police have identified a motorcyclist who died in a crash in Standish, Maine, as a 50-year-old resident of Old Orchard Beach.

Decision on Maine power rate hike faces likely delay

Maine utilities regulators say they’ll likely sign off on a stay of a power company’s request to raise rates.

Slow lobster season so far in Maine, but price is steady

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)  It’s a slow lobster season so far in Maine, but fishermen are still hopeful it’ll be a good one

Maine food bank raising $5 million for renovation

BANGOR, Maine (AP)   A Maine food bank is completing its $5 million renovation of a building that was once a newspaper printing plant

Bill would provide relief for communities with nuke waste

WISCASSET, Maine (AP)   Wiscasset would collect more than $8 million for storing radioactive waste from Maine Yankee under a proposal in Congress

Federal appeals court weighs ‘Clear Skies’ ordinance

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   A Maine city’s ordinance prohibiting bulk loading of crude oil onto tankers is in the hands of a panel of federal judges in Boston

Driver Killed After Hitting Tree in Wells

A Maine man was killed after his car struck a tree.

Michigan couple injured in motorcycle crash in Maine

A Michigan couple was injured in a motorcycle crash in Maine on Thursday night. The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department says it happened on Route 4 in Sandy River Plantation just after 7:00 p.m. Thursday.

Maine pulp mill hires workers, plans for fall reopening

A Maine pulp mill is reopening after shedding hundreds of jobs when it shut down in 2015.

Judge ends suit that claimed state failed to hire nurses

A state judge has ended a lawsuit that alleged Maine was failing to comply with a law to restore the public health nursing program.