Maine’s secretary of state is developing new rules that would make it harder and more time-consuming for young drivers to get their licenses.

Kristen Case at the University of Maine at Farmington has been named editor of an annual professional journal devoted to Henry David Thoreau.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maine is taking a leading role in a national protest against an impending federal rule that will require nonprofit employers with religious affiliations to cover birth control as part of health insurance benefits.

Terry Skillin, president and owner of Skillin’s Greenhouses in Brunswick, Cumberland and Falmouth, has begun to notice that local gardeners are having greater success growing more southern varieties of produce such as tomatoes, peppers and melons.