'There are a lot less local people that want to do (this work), so we have to have this program,' said the owner of an apple orchard. 'Without it, we’ll just be out of the industry. We go away.'

The restaurant will be the first Popeyes in the Lewiston and Auburn market, joining three other locations in Maine.

The way the Trump administration has approached the Title IX probes in Maine has been unusual, legal experts told The Maine Monitor, citing both the speed and lack of procedure.

The first building at 138 Mt. Auburn Road is looking for tenants for one and two-bedroom units.

The lawsuit seeks to restore the visa status of more than 100 international students in New England, although it's unclear if any Maine international students have had their visas terminated.

Prime Healthcare Foundation will be presenting information about its acquisition of Central Maine Healthcare and taking questions from those in attendance.

Siblings fly kites Monday morning.

Center Street in Auburn was voted the worst road to drive on in Lewiston-Auburn in a Sun Journal poll last year.

Routes 117 and 118 leaving downtown Norway is flat with wide shoulders and has a 50-mph speed limit on a road with lots of children and adults walking and riding bicycles on the shoulders.

Windy, dry conditions in Maine have made the risk of fire increase.

The death of a pope triggers a centuries-old ritual to elect a new one involving sacred oaths, the piercing of ballots with a needle and thread after they're counted, and the famed white or black smoke to signal to the world whether a new pontiff has been elected.

The termination letter said Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment failed to pay at least 65% of its climate-smart agriculture grant directly to farmers.

Kylie Langella of Westbrook was still in critical condition Monday at Maine Medical Center after a crash Friday.

Judith Meyer, former executive editor of the Sun Journal, gave an overview of the law to public officials, residents and others.

Tom Wiley, the president and publisher of The Buffalo News, will take over leadership of the National Trust for Local News.

'We have about 10 or 15, maybe 20 positions, that we have trouble filling,' Irving Plant Manager Randy Chicoine said. 'But the fact of the matter is, people do not want to do that type of work.'

The Newport native announced he will leave Duke for the pros. When the draft arrives in June, he will almost certainly be the top overall pick.

For a dozen years, Robert Crosby has maintained a series of tubes that collect discarded fishing line. He's hoping someone else will join his one-man crew.

Pope Francis, 88, died Monday morning after more than 12 years as head of the Catholic Church.

The report aims to detail how the Trust’s work can ‘inspire hope and action,’ according to its managing director. 

Francis, who was 88, made his last public appearance on Easter Sunday.

After months of clashing over General Assistance reimbursements to local emergency shelters, DHHS adopts a new rule that will slash Portland’s rate nearly in half.

There are questions over how Maine’s forests will fare in a world beset by climate change.

The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program was brought to a halt by the Trump administration in February. But states have interpreted federal guidance differently.

Gusts reached 50 mph in some areas, and the majority of outages occurred in Aroostook, Penobscot and Somerset counties.

Face Time: With a Fulbright Scholarship in hand, the Mt. Ararat teacher is excited about studying Morocco's work connecting girls to science, technology, engineering and math.

Dozens of trans students have competed in high school sports in Maine since 2013, but such participation has suddenly become a flashpoint in a high-stake political and legal battle with the Trump administration.

The state antidiscrimination law has a 20-year history that long predates a nationwide debate over transgender athletes in sports.

Talk of the Town: The upside of my new office massage chair: no need for quarters. The downside: typos.

Sun Journal photographers select some of their favorite images from last week.

Early reports were that the vehicles had collided head-on on Route 132. One of the vehicles was reportedly on its side and on fire with at least one occupant still trapped inside.

Each of the women suffered minor injuries in the afternoon crash on Center Street.

'Paul loved Lewiston and Lewiston loved him right back,' Mayor Carl Sheline said. 'We have lost a pillar in our community.'

The Maine Forest Service said the wildfire risk is high across the southern half of the state and moderate across the northern counties.

The Auburn lawmaker, who was censured in February for a social media post about a transgender student, said she was disappointed with the decision but 'the fight is far from over.'

Regulators had shut down the fishery this month after scallopers hit a temporary limit that goes into effect when federal regulators do not pass annual rules in time.

U.S. Rep. Jared Golden sees 'progress' in the action that the president says will improve the U.S. commercial fishery by opening up harvesting in previously protected areas.

The recent launch of a website dedicated to frescoes in a Maine meeting house has created a new surge of interest in the paintings.

The once-revered electric vehicles have endured vandalism, public scorn and a wave of trade-ins by some drivers no longer comfortable with what the brand represents.

The complaint by Migrant Justice, a Vermont-based farmers' rights group, alleges substandard working conditions on some farms that supply the supermarket chain's milk.

Because the occupants of the home were considered dangerous, police said, the Maine State Police Tactical Team assisted as the home was entered and the suspects arrested.

As Easter approaches, Baribault talks about the divine experiences that inspired him to create a healing ministry at Holy Cross Church in Lewiston.

Jeffrey Bartos and Miranda Loggans were charged with aggravated drug trafficking and drug possession just over a year after being charged with animal cruelty when 60 cats were removed from their Seventh Street home.

The Portland diocese has issued conditions that must be met to continue running the school for one year as efforts progress to make it a private Catholic school.

The meeting came after workers at the Kittery shipyard were initially targeted as part of the Trump administration's efforts to shrink the federal workforce.

State Rep. Randall Hall pleaded not guilty to 12 charges of involving alleged forgery of signatures needed to get Maine Clean Elections funds.

Seven legal organizations who help Mainers with urgent civil legal matters are asking lawmakers to pass a $15.9 million 2-year emergency bill.

Hallowell Water District testing late last month showed drinking water in the city contained its highest PFAS levels in at least the past three years.

Spending by tourists increased slightly to $9.2 billion, but Gov. Mills anticipates further declines as Canadians curb U.S. travel plans.