Portland Restaurant Owner Sentenced for Failure to Pay Taxes

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   Maine’s attorney general says the owner of a popular oyster house in the state’s largest city has been sentenced for failing to pay personal and corporate income taxes

Elver Season To Open

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) _ Spring is in the air and baby eels are in the rivers. Or at least that’s what Maine fishermen hope.

Maine Congressman Sells House, Remains in District

OAKLAND, Maine (AP)   Maine’s Republican congressman has sold his house in the district, but is continuing to live on the property through a rental agreement

Lawmakers Uphold Veto of Bar Harbor Port Authority Bill

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP)   The Maine Legislature is sustaining a veto of a bill to create a port authority in a popular coastal tourism community

LePage Says He had ‘Zero’ Involvement in Transfer of Logs

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   An angry Maine Gov. Paul LePage says he had “zero” involvement of the diversion of lumber from state-owned land to a Canadian-owned mill

State Police Urging Storage Unit Owners to Check for Their Belongings After Arrest

THOMASTON, Maine (WGAN)  State Police are asking owners of storage units in the Midcoast to check for their belongings after arresting a Thomaston man

Truck Driver Arrested for Driving with Suspended License After Being Stopped Twice in Three Days

AUBURN, Maine (WGAN)  State Police say a Florida man is behind bars after being stopped twice in three days for driving without a license

Maine Lawmakers Consider Funding for Prison Lepage Shuttered

The Maine Senate is supporting another year of funding for a minimum-security prison that Republican Gov. Paul LePage shuttered without legislative approval.

Maple Syrup Season is Here in Maine as LePage Taps Tree

Spring flowers might not be blooming in Maine, but the spring sap is flowing.

Collins, King Voice Their Support for Mueller Investigation

Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has reiterated her support for special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, saying it is “absolutely essential that he be allowed to finish his work.”