Maine calls for USDA to provide more support for blueberries

Maine’s agriculture commissioner is asking the federal government to use a new program to buoy the state’s wild blueberry industry during a difficult time.

Maine Med to end use of live animals for training

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   Maine Medical Center has ended the practice of using live pigs for emergency medicine training, falling in line with a national trend in which hospitals opt for high-tech simulators

Collins joins two-party push for more local food in schools

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   Maine’s Republican senator is joining a group of colleagues to beef up federal resources that are dedicated to getting fresh, local foods into schools

Maine won’t allow feds broad access to driver license photos

Maine’s secretary of state says his agency isn’t going to let federal agents have open-ended access to a new identification database.

Nepalese man pleads guilty to paying woman for marriage

A Nepalese man has told federal court that he paid a Maine woman to marry him so he could stay in the country.

Maine man killed in head-on crash in New Hampshire

A Maine man has been killed in a motorcycle crash in New Hampshire.

Lobster boat skipper charged with operating under influence

Officials say a lobsterman whose vessel collided with a recreational boat at the Stonington dock has been charged with operating under the influence.

Maine supreme court upholds conviction in fatal stabbing

The Maine supreme court has upheld the manslaughter conviction of woman who fatally stabbed a man in the town of Waldo.

Maine law to prevent tobacco use, streamline tobacco taxes

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   A new law designed to fund tobacco cessation and make sure tobacco products are taxed at the same rate has taken effect in Maine

Maine to meet public over contested Ellsworth dam relicense

ELLSWORTH, Maine (AP)   Maine officials are slated to meet with the public in the Down East portion of the state to discuss a dam relicensing proposal that has met resistance