EAST MILLINOCKET — The reopening of a closed paper mill in East Millinocket is being delayed for a week. The mill, now owned by Cate Street Capital, is expected to open Oct. 17 providing about 250 jobs. The mill plans to ship its first order of virgin newsprint overseas by early November. Cate Street Spokesman […]

ORONO — An Atlanta-based call center operator plans to create 200 jobs in Orono, bringing employment at the location to 600 by December or January. NexxLinx, which acquired Microdyne Outsourcing last winter, already has added 150 employees since taking over the facility and plans to add another 200 jobs. NexxLinx provides customer support by phone, […]

SKOWHEGAN — A 55-year-old man charged with murdering a young woman more than three decades ago in a small central Maine town is due in court. Jay Mercier of Industry makes his initial court appearance today in Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan. He was charged last week in the death of 20-year-old Rita St. […]

AUGUSTA — Enrollment at Maine’s seven community colleges has hit a record high for the ninth straight year. Officials say 18,548 students are enrolled at the state’s community colleges this fall. That’s an increase of 4.3 percent, or 769 students, over a year ago. Enrollment has grown each year since the schools changed from a […]

PORTLAND — Clocks may not be the only thing falling back: That signature autumn change in leaf colors may be drifting further down the calendar. Scientists don’t quite know if global warming is changing the signs of fall like it already has with an earlier-arriving spring. They’re turning their attention to fall foliage in hopes […]

WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats, divided over how to pay for President Barack Obama’s jobs plan, Wednesday tossed out the White House tax proposals and replaced them with one of their own: a tax increase on millionaires.

A Biddeford man, despondent after a fight with his wife, spent most of Tuesday drinking 40-ounce beers, then doused his apartment with gasoline and ignited it, investigators said Wednesday.

AUGUSTA — The Maine Heritage Policy Center says a study it conducted shows that Maine elections are susceptible to fraud.

WASHINGTON — The for-profit college company chaired by former Maine Gov. John McKernan asked a federal court Wednesday to dismiss a Department of Justice lawsuit alleging the company illegally compensated employees who recruit students.