Forestland purchase completes 3,500-acre conservation area

A group of nonprofits in Maine purchased several hundred acres of forestland as part of a larger conservation area that will result in a vast network of trails and open land for outdoor recreation.

South Portland to help asylum seekers coming to Maine

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   The city of South Portland is lending a hand to neighboring Portland, which is dealing with an influx of hundreds of asylum seekers from African nations

Maine man loses appeal in child’s death in 1979

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   A Maine man serving 15 years for his infant son’s death 40 years ago has lost his appeal to the state supreme court

Maine CDC director: ‘Job No. 1’ is to fully staff agency

BANGOR, Maine (AP)   The new director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says his “Job No. 1” is to get the agency fully staffed

Pot, guns, sports betting on agenda for lawmakers’ last day

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   Maine lawmakers are set to finish up their 2019 legislative session and tidy up work on marijuana sales, gun control and online sports betting bills

River herring will not be added to endangered species list

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   The federal government says two species of herring are not at risk of going extinct, and will not be listed under the Endangered Species Act

Portland City Council narrowly approves new homeless shelter

A Maine city council has narrowly approved the construction of a new homeless shelter.

Plea deal near in case of fatal crash and stalking

Prosecutors say they could reach a plea deal with a New Hampshire woman who’s charged with murder stemming from a crash that killed a neighbor and seriously injured another.

Police: Maine motorcycle rider dies in collision

Police say a motorcycle rider has been killed in a collision with a pickup truck in Peru, Maine.

Jury finds John Williams guilty of murder

A jury has found John Williams guilty of murder in the killing of Somerset County Sheriff’s Corporal Eugene Cole.