Maine's fertility rate rose 1.4% in 2021 after a steep drop during the first year of the pandemic, but the state still ranks near the back of the pack nationally.

National egg distributors claim avian flu as the culprit for soaring egg prices, but local farmers attribute it to rising fuel and feed costs.

The boy was charged with Class B aggravated assault and taken to Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland.

Hannah Chamberlain of Westbrook loves libraries because it is a good place to get work done.

Students at Telstar High School, Middle School and a nearby elementary school were told to stay in place for 19 minutes while Oxford County deputies investigated the threat.

Stabilizing braces transform a handgun into a weapon that's powerful and easy to conceal, Attorney General Merrick Garland said when he announced the rule this month.

Farmington police issued the 15-year-old a summons on felony charge of terrorizing. He was released to his parents, Farmington police Chief Kenneth Charles said.

Authorities say more than 300 worshippers were praying in the mosque when the bomber set off his explosives vest.

Republicans are insisting on yet-unspecified spending cuts in exchange for their support, a posture the party didn't take during the presidency of Donald Trump when the limit was raised three times.

Santos has faced numerous calls for his resignation and is facing multiple investigations by prosecutors over his personal and campaign finances and lies about his resume and family background.

Maine utilities would buy 60% of the output from the planned wind farm, which would be the largest east of the Mississippi, while Massachusetts would pay 40% of the project costs.

RowVaughn and Rodney Wells, the mother and stepfather of Nichols, have accepted an invitation to attend the speech from Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., who is chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Seth Levy resigned after less than a month but said he is still optimistic about the role of a public defender's office in Maine.

The Center for Maine Contemporary Art initially offered Evelyn Wong a wall near public bathrooms for her installation. When she objected, they said they had no ill intent and offered her another spot.

Garden and nutrition programs are taking root in Lewiston elementary schools with the help of two nonprofit organizations.

A Main Street home was shot at Sunday night and police are searching for a suspect, officials said Monday.

The current five–year contract had also kept labor costs predictable, shielding UPS from wage spikes that hurt profit and service at non–unionized rival FedEx.

City staff said the Planning Board initiated the survey as it works toward recommendations regarding Auburn's agricultural zone.

The Biden administration had previously considered ending the emergency last year, but held off amid concerns about a potential 'winter surge' in cases.

The wooden marker was found in the former station now used as a machine shop at Conant Acres farm

The proposal will go to public hearing at 6 p.m. March 13 at the Spruce Mountain Elementary School gym.

The fallout from a bill that would repeal an exemption in fire code regulations and require recovery residences to install sprinkler systems would be devastating for Maine’s recovery community, operators and advocates told lawmakers at a public hearing Monday.

Saint Dominic Academy plans to celebrate Catholic Schools Week with variety of events over the next several days.

Citizens attended a course to learn about CPR, first aid and the kinds of care paramedics provide in emergency situations.

Arrests listed from Jan. 27 through Jan. 29.

McCarthy confirmed to reporters that he met with Santos but would not say what they discussed.

Brunswick's annual Longfellow Days returns in February after a 2-year hiatus, offering locals the chance to celebrate one of the Midcoast's most influential figures and to enjoy contemporary poetry.

Kyle Joseph King, of Augusta, has been indicted on two charges. The officer whose cruiser was stolen, with an AR-15 inside, was suspended for one day without pay.

Meg Garratt-Reed has been nominated to be executive director of the Office of Affordable Health Care.

The company paid a group of seven banks, led by Morgan Stanley, which became stuck with the debt after they were unable to sell it to outside investors.

Connor Perkins, a Winthrop firefighter, and his brother Cody Perkins, a Winthrop police officer, rescued three ducks trapped against a grate in the mill stream that flows under Main Street, and they also found several dead ducks.

While central banks still have a long way to go to smother the worst bout of inflation in decades, with prices on the downtrend the debate is now shifting to what happens after this fight is over.

The Planning Board has requested more information on a Lewiston-based company's plans for a mining operation off Turkey Lane.

The plow truck slid Sunday on Clover Mill Road into the opposite lane and got stuck facing the opposite way. Then a car slid into it.

The installation of an array on a farm in Livermore Falls, paid for by the federal government, will help power five public schools in the state.

The town lost all its plow trucks in a fire that leveled the highway garage late Thursday night.

Rail Use Advisory Council endorses a 26-mile path for bicycles and pedestrians along an unused rail corridor.

A potential bomb threat was investigated Monday morning and a threat of a shooting was made in the afternoon, prompting school officials to cancel school Tuesday.

The Mills administration says it plans to mail out 200,000 a week, and that the 'vast majority' of the 880,000 eligible taxpayers should receive them by the end of March.

With Clayton Spencer stepping down in June, the college is scrambling to find her successor.

Pakistan, which is mostly Sunni Muslim, has seen a surge in militant attacks since November when the Pakistani Taliban ended their cease-fire with government forces.

Horses have been subjected to drugging and abuse, with more than 600 violations issued by the state governing body for the sport since 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is urging Israel and the Palestinians to exercise restraint amid a spike in violence that has put the region on edge

The implications of this new scrutiny – part of a broadening congressional review of U.S. engagement with China – are unclear.

The office of 15 meteorologists gathers data and makes forecasts that inform countless decisions by Mainers, businesses and even other weather forecasters.

Francis Carroll, 22, has been arrested twice since mid-December during protests tied to a $90 million police training center in Georgia.

Fifty-three towns across Maine, including 11 in Washington County, have reverted to unorganized status.