PORTLAND — The city is hoping to build on a string of successes in other cities where courts have ruled against attempts by Occupy groups to stay in municipal parks while they protest income inequality and Wall Street excesses.

AUGUSTA — More than two dozen state employees were recently honored with awards recognizing their public service.

AUGUSTA — Camden National Bank will open a branch on Western Avenue by late spring.

PORTLAND — A group of investors led by former Portland Press Herald president Chris Harte intends to become the majority owner of the Portland Press Herald and MaineToday Media.

PORTLAND — When he moved from Burundi in 2010, Dieudonne Nahigombeye’s first home in the United States was Portland’s homeless shelter on Oxford Street.

VASSALBORO — Selectmen on Thursday endorsed a proposal they hope will resolve problems of back-taxes and foreclosure with the Coyote Ridge subdivision.