The money is related to the project in Kibby and Skinner townships.

The business will be closed temporarily for cleanup.

Under Wednesday’s agreement, the Senate bill would halt stimulus checks completely for individuals making $80,000 or more and couples earning $160,000.

The latest Small Business Pulse Survey is among a series of surveys the Census Bureau has conducted since last spring to measure the effect of the pandemic.

Residents will meet at 10 a.m. on the recreation field on Smart Hill Road.

Plus, in this week's The Buzz, Auburn puts seven properties on the market and we take a peek at how long it takes Mainers to pop the question (hint: it's a while).

Lewiston hospital signing up those 60 and older.

Skiers find alternative activities after power outage.

The bill would require states to automatically register eligible voters and offer same-day registration, but it faces big obstacles in the Senate.

The Lisbon Town Council voted Tuesday to establish a moratorium on commercial solar projects so the town can consider rules to regulate them.

Severe winter storms in Texas 'have occurred repeatedly over decades, and ERCOT has been unprepared for them,' says a subcommittee chairman.

Enforcement of the law has been temporarily suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Augusta police say they found the body of Pierre 'Pete' Bolduc on Wednesday in Augusta and the cause of his death is under investigation.

Legislators in more than 20 states have introduced bills this year that would ban transgender girls from competing on girls’ sports teams in public high schools

The department turned off an automated process that canceled some claims based on an employer's response to an electronic form.

Three groups filed a freedom of information lawsuit seeking information about detentions in Maine and a new immigrant enforcement office under construction in Scarborough.

The threat appears to be connected to a far-right conspiracy theory, mainly promoted by supporters of QAnon, that Trump will rise again to power on March 4.

Before the novel coronavirus sent millions of low earners into unemployment, 1 in 3 workers earned less than $15 an hour.

The three-story, 21,050-square-foot building will be located at the Bath shipyard.

The announcement makes Haaland's confirmation by the Senate nearly certain and follows Haaland's endorsement last week by Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin.

The town council voted to cancel the July festival in its traditional form but discussed holding smaller spaced-out events in the spirit of Moxie.

Dolly Parton rewrote the lyrics to ‘Jolene’ as ‘Vaccine, vaccine,’ as she got her COVID-19 shot.

Although weather often stops him, Jeremy Averill prefers to commute by surfboard from a beach near his house to the Salsbury Cove post office.

The latest on the coronavirus pandemic from around the U.S. and the world.

Maine is in the middle of its busiest vaccination week to date, as President Biden announced Tuesday that production is expected to ramp up quickly.

The number of vaccination sites in Maine is poised to top 150 with the addition of Hannaford, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies.

An ongoing series of interviews with displaced mill workers.

The legislation would provide $1,400 payments to individuals plus hundreds of billions of dollars for schools and colleges, COVID-19 vaccines and testing, mass transit systems, renters and small businesses.

Selectmen are seeking residents to serve on the Budget Committee.

The equity statement will guide the work of the joint Lewiston-Auburn council, which initially formed in 2018 but was revived in 2020 to address conflict and inequity.

Architects opened proposals ranging from $105.4 million to $108.5 million Tuesday afternoon.

Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, a logger and the bill's sponsor, said aerial application of glyphosate and other herbicides has caused irreversible environmental damage.

Social-distancing concerns compel the county to keep the public from attending Wednesday's meeting and offer it to them by Zoom.

Wildlife advocates urge the Legislature to give state regulators power to curb racing near loons.

Some homeless men and women sought shelter from the weather Tuesday while others chose to ride it out at homeless encampments.

Wendy Wink of Jay waited until the wind died down some Tuesday to take Mars for a walk.

It's no secret that I have what is known in zoology circles — and by my own team of therapists — as dog envy. If I see a strange dog on the street, on a hiking trail, or eating from of an overturned trash can at the curb, I immediately want to play with it, giving no thought at all as to where it's been. 

Residents will have one contested selectperson's race to decide at the polls April 27.

Review of the 2021-22 budget will begin April 20.

The New York-based Bully Gang allegedly distributed large quantities of crack cocaine, heroin and fentanyl from New York to Maine from 2017 to 2020.

Police say the 1997 Ford Expedition's middle and back seats had been removed, allowing more people to fit inside and making the vehicle more unsafe.

No one was injured in the crash caused by 'a complete solid whiteout' that occurred when the strong winds whipped up snow that had fallen Monday.

As pressure builds to get children back in classrooms, teachers say they're disappointed by Gov. Janet Mills' new eligibility guidelines based solely on age. And President Biden says he aims to get every educator at least 1 dose by the end of March.

The clinic, which will be closed March 10-11, is due to reopen March 12, according to Kennebec County Emergency Management Agency Director Sean Goodwin.

Police said their investigation began in March 2018, when a 34-year-old woman reported to Rumford police that Carey, now 46, had sexually assaulted her.

The Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative’s 5-year authorization is set to expire in October, but one official says the group's work is more important than ever.

Despite the stepped-up pace of vaccine production, the work of inoculating Americans could extend well into the summer, officials said, depending both on the government’s capacity to deliver doses and Americans’ willingness to roll up their sleeves.