Peaks Island rental golf carts must be all-electric by 2021

A Maine city will require that gas-powered rental golf carts used to get around a nearby island become all-electric by the summer of 2021 to address noise, traffic, exhaust and safety complaints from residents.

Maine bicentennial celebration gets boost from NEH

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   The National Endowment for the Humanities is going to help a pair of Maine cultural institutions engage more with the public about the state’s bicentennial

Man charged in Alaska cold case killing pleads not guilty

A Maine man charged in the sexual assault and murder of a woman in Alaska in a long-unsolved cold case has pleaded not guilty.

L.L. Bean heir and wife donate $1M to Maine hospital

An L.L. Bean heir and his wife are contributing $1 million toward the relocation of Mercy Hospital.

1 dead in Androscoggin River incident in Bethel

Authorities in Maine say a 75-year-old woman from Maryland drowned in the Androscoggin River when the canoe she was in overturned and she became trapped beneath it.

National Weather Service confirms tornado in rural Maine

KOSSUTH TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP)   Recent unsettled weather in Maine has produced the first tornado of 2019

Maine finds homes several hundreds of African asylum seekers

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   A frantic scramble has produced homes for most of the hundreds of African asylum seekers whose arrival flooded shelters in Maine’s largest city

Maine AG says state must play role in coal fight with Trump

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   Maine’s attorney general says it’s especially important for his state to fight an ease of restrictions on coal-fired power plants because of the vulnerability of its air and water

Westbrook police search for stabbing suspect

Police are searching for the suspect in a stabbing in Westbrook last Friday.

Warden charged with assault at concert faces more charges

A Maine game warden who was charged with assaulting a concertgoer is facing additional charges of unlawful sexual touching and disorderly conduct.