PORTLAND — Tuesday was a fairly typical day in the Portland Public Market House — crowded and busy.

BELGRADE — A local contractor has been picked to install a new roof on the community center after ice buildup damaged the original roof.

AUGUSTA — City councilors and law enforcement will join forces Thursday to host a forum aimed at engaging the public in a crackdown on crime.

WASHINGTON — The fate of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul was cast into deeper jeopardy Tuesday as the Supreme Court’s conservative justices sharply and repeatedly questioned its core requirement that virtually every American carry insurance. The court will now take up whether any remnant of the historic law can survive if that linchpin fails.

The Maine Republican Party will sponsor nine U.S. Senate candidate forums around the state over the next nine weeks. It’s an unusual series of campaign events that GOP leaders hope will allow the party’s six primary candidates to reach a statewide audience in an unusually short time frame. The June 12 primary is just 10 […]

WINTHROP — An Augusta man was injured Tuesday when a malfunction in his sport utility vehicle sent it hurtling off U.S. Route 202 and into trees.

The primary organization fighting gay marriage in the United States aimed to drive a wedge between gays and blacks and cast acceptance for same-sex marriage among Latinos as a mark of inappropriate assimilation, according to a confidential memo that was unsealed in U.S. District Court.

AUGUSTA — The Maine House rejected a bill that would have lowered income taxes using future revenues following long debate last week and more objections voiced on Tuesday.

CHINA — A security system, including cameras, motion sensors and heat monitors, will be installed at the transfer station and town garage after several break-ins.