The bill faces further votes in both the House, which takes it up next, and Senate.

BANGOR — Former Chelsea selectman Carole J. Swan and her husband, contractor Marshall Swan, pleaded not guilty this afternoon to a series of federal offenses.   The Swans were arraigned about 30 minutes apart in separate hearings by Magistrate Judge Margaret Kravchuk in U.S. District Court in Bangor.   Carole Swan, 53, of Chelsea was indicted […]

DRESDEN – A meeting planned tonight regarding the Richmond-Dresden bridge has been postponed, because the meeting site is the emergency staging area for the search for a missing 12-year-old boy. The state Department of Transportation meeting was to take place at Pownalborough Hall, which is attached to the Dresden fire station. However the fire station […]

The plan by Seattle-based Plum Creek calls for 821 house lots and two resorts with more than 1,200 housing units at Big Moose Mountain and Lilly Bay.

Democrats Cynthia Dill, Jon Hinck and Benjamin Pollard file nomination papers for the U.S. Senate race to replace Olympia Snowe.

The feeble snow pack this winter from Maine to West Virginia is mostly good news for the flood-weary Northeast – remember Irene? – unless you happen to operate a rafting company.