In Maine, the number of new unemployment claims and claims for continued jobless aid have fallen for months and are now at the lowest point in three years a sign of the state's competitive labor market.

China has renewed its threat to attack Taiwan following almost a week of war games near the island, amid international condemnation and a stinging rebuke from the self-governing democracy's government.

FBI Director Christopher Wray called threats circulating online against federal agents and the Justice Department 'deplorable and dangerous.'

Markers are collected after a month in the Androscoggin River to see what has grown to help determine water quality.

Authorities said the alleged assault stemmed from a dispute between Scott O'Donnell and a neighbor in May.

Superintendent Deb Alden noted that the district has “done an incredible amount of hiring" recently.

Locals and out-of-state visitors fed farm animals, ate fried foods and bought handcrafted goods from local artisans on Aug. 10.

The funding request will be included Community Project Funding for fiscal year 2023.

Paris River Park's Clean Water Celebration is a collaboration between the town's River Park Committee, the Androscoggin River Watershed Council, Western Maine Foothills Land Trust and the Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District.

RSU 56 directors voted 7-2 to remove “Gender Queer: A Memoir” from the high school shelves.

One vehicle flips onto its side at the intersection of Hotel Road and Kittyhawk Avenue.

Regional School Unit 9 Superintendent Chris Elkington told the board of directors the new plan will hopefully ease stress and foster involvement from staff, students, families and the local community.

Casco Bay Lines will scale back some trips starting this weekend, while the state ferry services has had to cancel dozens of trips this summer.

The $47,000 grant would pay for training and much of the supplies and equipment required to establish the unit.

Richard Rockwell says the houses will be improved and used for employee housing, assisting chefs, accountants and workers in the trades.

The MRC announced the $1.5 million purchase Wednesday and intends to reopen the plant in nine to 12 months after it establishes a partnership with a financial firm.

Robert Santerre of Chelsea said he fell asleep at the wheel before his car went off Cony Road and struck and killed Barbara Maxim-Hendsbee, Rosalyn Jean and 1-year-old Vada-Leigh Peaslee.

Poliquin calls for probe into the move, Golden counsels caution and Bond insists 'no one is above the law'

David Barnett is charged with killing a Connecticut man and an Auburn woman in June.

The move would align the town's budget vote with the Regional School Unit 73 budget validation vote.

David Mockler of Lisbon is charged with escaping from the Androscoggin County Jail, stealing a vehicle and crashing it in Mechanic Falls in May.

Mark J. Sinclair was arrested last month in the fatal shooting.

Imports and exports are up 31% for the first 7 months of 2022, and Portland doesn't have the congestion of shipping containers affecting many larger ports.

It is alleged that the bus driver gave a New Hampshire student cellphones with instructions to take inappropriate photos of himself, placed tracing devices on his parents’ vehicles and made nighttime visits to their home.

Prosecutors say the murder-for-hire scheme unfolded more than a year after the head of the Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force was killed in a targeted airstrike in Baghdad in January 2020.

Andre Muller, 51, and Robert Holland, 42, were convicted of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery.

Glen Mitchell “Mitch” Simon is scheduled for sentencing Friday for his participation in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in 2021.

The bill signing will mark a significant achievement for Biden, who has long spoken of the country's obligation to care for its veterans after they return home.

The civil investigation, led by state Attorney General Letitia James, involves allegations that Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, misstated the value of prized assets like golf courses and skyscrapers.

The $9.85 per $1,000 of valuation is $6.70 less than last year.

The last reported date for the opening on Center Street was "by Black Friday."

District's plan to build an addition at Oak Hill Middle School rejected by residents, 2,209 to 219.

The plan would help in the budget process, separate wants from needs.

Several cows were likely trapped inside the barn at Flaggy Meadow Farm when the fire broke out around 8:41 p.m. Tuesday, according to a neighbor.

The prosecutor handling the case said it's the first time he has charged anyone for illegally performing an abortion after 20 weeks, a restriction that was passed in 2010.

School disruptions caused by COVID-19 and personal issues beyond their control kept some students from graduating with other classmates in June.

The high school students pitched the idea of a mural on the Lisbon Falls Community Library, raised money for it and painted it.

Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King both have sought to cap the drug's price, which has shot up tenfold in the U.S. – but not other countries - in 20 years.

The head of Midcoast Humane's behavior department worries that a growing trend of punishment-based training methods is causing emotional and behavioral problems in local animals.

A York County judge throws out evidence obtained through an unconstitutional search warrant in the second murder trial of a Limington man whose conviction in a neighbor's killing was vacated last fall.

Pastures are drying up, second crop hay isn't growing, and yields may be lower due to weather conditions this summer.

Commercial truck driver Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 26, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, was found innocent of causing the 2019 deaths of 7 motorcyclists in a collision in northern New Hampshire.

Poland general store makes progress; Target says it's on target

Brian Mackin, 31, of Farmington was arrested Monday on a charge of domestic violence aggravated assault.

Detour follows state routes designed to accommodate the weight of commercial vehicles, but local drivers may be able to access private and logging roads to shorten the alternate route.

A large boulder is unearthed on state Route 142 in Phillips.

The ambush killings sent a shudder through Muslim communities, where some people questioned their safety and limited their movements.

Voters approved the decision at a special town meeting Monday. Officials said compensation for these calls has long been available, but is not often pursued.

Farmington Parks and Recreation employee Emily O'Donnell said the deer are eating the tops of the flowering plants.