AUGUSTA (AP) — The biggest contributor to the group trying to overturn Maine’s gay marriage law is suing the state over its campaign reporting requirements. The state ethics commission voted Oct. 1 to examine contributions by the National Organization for Marriage after it was accused of not reporting the names of many donors. The group […]

PORTLAND (AP) — National Public Radio is demanding that a political action committee stop using a radio clip as part of its efforts to repeal Maine’s same-sex marriage law. The group Stand for Marriage Maine began airing the ad last week on television stations and the Internet. The ad uses audio from a 2004 NRP […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A report by a nonprofit advocacy group says 10,440 children in the United States died from abuse and neglect between 2001 and 2007. Experts say the real number may be much higher. The report from the Every Child Matters Education Fund says states have been stretched too thin to protect all children […]

BIDDEFORD (AP) — More will soon be known about the future of a southern Maine trash-to-energy plant that’s long been the target of public criticism because of its odors, size and location. A news conference Wednesday afternoon is planned to give more information about the status of Casella Waste Systems’ Maine Energy Recovery Co. plant […]

FREEPORT (AP) — A mock hurricane hitting the northeastern United States and eastern Canadian provinces will be staged to test the response of emergency agencies from both sides of the international border. The exercise will be run Wednesday from Freeport, Maine. The exercise scenario is built around a Category 3 hurricane which has a catastrophic […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Environmental groups opposing a major development plan near Moosehead Lake have filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s conceptual approval of the project. The Forest Ecology Network and RESTORE: The North Woods filed an appeal Wednesday in Kennebec County Superior Court. Their case challenges the Land Use Regulation Commission’s approval of Plum Creek’s […]

LUBEC (AP) — Canadians joined the U.S. Coast Guard in the search for two urchin fishermen who remained missing after the body of a third was recovered Wednesday in a bay off eastern Maine. The broken-off bow of the 32-foot fishing vessel, Bottom Basher, was found bobbing in the water Wednesday, Coast Guard Chief Petty […]

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK (AP) — Officials at Acadia National Park have reopened a popular hiking trail on Champlain Mountain three years after it was closed when it sustained earthquake damage. The Orange and Black Path — formerly known as the East Face Trail — was closed after an earthquake rocked Bar Harbor and the nearby […]

KITTERY (AP) — Police have charged 19 teenagers from Maine and New Hampshire in connection with an underage drinking party. Police said they confiscated over $350 worth of beer kegs and bottles of whiskey, vodka, rum and tequila from the Saturday party at a house in Kittery. They said organizers were charging $7 per head […]