Maine ends fiscal year with budget surplus of almost $168M

Maine officials say the state ended the fiscal year with a budget surplus of nearly $168 million.

Maine marks 200th birthday since it split from Massachusetts

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   Maine is kicking off its celebration of its 200th birthday–and its separation from Massachusetts–by raising flags statewide

Roadkill database could be a boon to wayward critters

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   Maine conservationists are hopeful a new database about roadkill will protect the state’s critters from becoming statistics

Authorities work to reconstruct fatal crash in Maine

Police are investigating a fatal crash in which a car struck a tree in a southern Maine town.

Maine puts off plan to gauge impact of human food on bears

The state with the largest population of black bears on the East Coast is putting off a plan to study how the consumption of human food affects the animals.

Dispute leaves streetlights off in Maine city

A contract dispute between Maine’s biggest city and a utility has left two dozen streetlights dark.

State says it was wrong to resist EPA oil tank crackdown

A state official says Maine’s environmental agency was wrong to resist a federal crackdown on pollution from oil tank emissions.

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