The region's electric grid operator will oversee a more than $1 billion transmission upgrade along the Maine-New Hampshire line.

The cost-of-living adjustments were canceled in 2025 for budgetary reasons and were not included in Gov. Mills' two-year budget proposal.

Exactly five years ago, the onset of COVID in Maine, and its aftermath, caused a period of intense turnover in the restaurant industry. It continues today.

Four years ago, state officials first investigated a ‘prohibited collective’ of medical caregivers and illegal grow houses identical to the ones later raided by police. Now, 1 in 10 Maine caregivers exhibits the hallmarks of those same operations.

The decision, dated Feb. 25, came just days after the administration announced its investigation and does not appear to be based on conversations with state officials.

The Environment and Natural Resources Committee unanimously endorsed bills to catalog, collect and dispose of Maine's stockpike of toxic firefighting foam.

The town finds itself in the odd situation where the positions of both police chief and town manager are now filled on a temporary basis.

An alarm company contacted a store representative when analarm was going off at about 3 a.m. and the representative could see two people breaking into the store at 57 Main St.

Staff said the program aimed at seniors would cost an estimated $3 million after the city attorney recommended it include renters.

Changes made at the Livermore Falls Town Office have enabled voting to be held there rather than at the fire station.

Tymeek Johnson, 25, of New York, New York, and Malaysha Randolph, 23, of New Haven, Connecticut, were each arrested on a charge of unlawful trafficking in cocaine powder and crack cocaine.

Site selection is a complicated process driven by Maine Department of Education requirements and the wants and needs of the Oxford Hills community, which are often at odds with one another.

The state tapped its PFAS relief fund to spend $333,000 to buy a Palermo hay field where sewage sludge was once spread as fertilizer that tested 3 times above the state's recommended level for safe dairy forage.

Maine Warden Service's initial investigation indicated that the machine driving by Birch Royall, 50, was traveling between 60 to 70 miles per hour on Hyde Trail when it failed to stop at a stop sign, according to Mark Latti, communications director for Maine Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

A sharply divided Supreme Court has rejected a Trump administration push to rebuke a federal judge who imposed a quick deadline to release billions of dollars in foreign aid

The Health and Human Services committee voted Wednesday to take Gov. Janet Mills' proposed cuts to a child care supplement program out of the state's 2-year budget.

Steven Anthony, 18, was crossing from Scott Hall to the UMF Admissions Office side when he was hit by a vehicle driven by Samantha Deckard, 39, of Strong.

The change — immediately criticized by pediatric health advocates — eliminates a program that allowed parents to fill out a form at the hospital to secure a Social Security number for their children.

Sen. Angus King said after the speech that 'Putin is smiling,' while Rep. Chellie Pingree said the president parroted Russian talking points on Ukraine.

Mark LaFlamme was looking for someone with an interesting story to tell, and he found one bundled up in three blankets and sitting on a sidewalk.

The more than 90-minute address added up to a defiant sales pitch for the policies that Trump promised during his campaign and leaned into during his first weeks back in office.

The fire is believed to have started in the area of the woodstove, Deputy New Sharon Chief Chris McKay said.

The federal government had posted a list of more than 300 'non-core' properties slated to be sold that included the US Custom House in Portland and 3 other federal properties across the state.

Maine's program is the only one of 34 nationwide that has lost its funding so far, and the move comes on the heels of the president's threat to cut Maine's federal funding over a disagreement about transgender athletes.

Councilors appeared skeptical Tuesday of the proposal to place a 10-foot curved fence around the complex.

The state's medical market lacks the same safeguards for contaminant testing as its recreational counterpart.

Gary Porter was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison with all but two years suspended for his role in a May 2024 shootout and police vehicles thefts.

Commissioners also gave Franklin County Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee a $150,000 budget to work off.

The protest was meant to coincide with others around the country and came as Trump was scheduled to address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.

The impact on heating oil and gasoline is expected to be felt as soon as this week, though how electricity imported from Canada will be affected is less clear.

The Mills administration is opposed to the legislation, citing the cost of the popular drugs.

Every member of Congress can bring one guest to the presidential address, and they often use the privilege to honor a local hero or send a political message.

The state has notified medical providers that serve low-income patients to expect lower MaineCare reimbursements if lawmakers can't reach an agreement by March 12.

Police said the man was severely burned after he set off fireworks inside a third-floor apartment.

The city said crews could not complete the job Monday due to weather and manpower.

Waterford voters overwhelmingly approved a request to look into having a town manager to handle day-to-day governing operations.

Gov. Janet Mills is standing her ground against President Donald Trump's demand that the state drop the policy, saying the president is claiming executive power that he doesn't have.

Mark King, 64, was killed when an overhang at the Bar Harbor Regency Hotel collapsed while he was working on renovations at the property.

The shelter at 166 Riverside is run by the city and has served hundreds of asylum seekers since 2023 — but it's unclear how operations will continue after July.

Nomination forms are available at the Town Office and are due back by 5 p.m. on March 13.

Special education and intervention, internet security, internship programs and active shooter preparedness are just a few examples of federal funding impacts education at the local level.

Selectmen Eli White, SAD 17 Director Veronica Poland and Water District Trustees Judy Boutilier and David Walton were elected.

Mike Duguay is set to become the next commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development.

Patty Hastings and Tiffany Estabrook are running for Chesterville’s 3-year seat on the Regional School Board 9 board of directors, each emphasizing fiscal responsibility and education priorities.

A bill to be heard this week seeks federal seed funding for a proposal to restore passenger service from Portland through Auburn, Lewiston, Waterville and Bangor to Orono.

The changes include distribution cutbacks designed to reflect the continued shift toward digital readership, as well as 50 full- and part-time layoffs companywide.

Portland-based Partners for World Health is feeling the ripple effects of cuts in foreign humanitarian assistance made by the Trump administration.