The goal of the Next Generation Researchers Act is to grow opportunities for young people in research, science and innovation.
2016
MEMIC CEO John Leonard, longtime champion for workers’ comp reform, to retire
MEMIC President and CEO John Leonard resolved an insurance crisis for businesses, raised safety awareness and created a model for other states.
Sunlight glare may have caused Fairfield head-on crash
A Chrysler cruiser and a dump truck collided on Norridgewock Road on Tuesday, sending one driver to the hospital.
Portland man found guilty of murder in shooting at apartment
Abdirahman Huessin Haji-Hassan faces 25 years to life in prison in the killing of Richard Lobor in 2014.
Video: Police drag woman from Delta flight after boarding incident
The woman didn’t check in with a gate agent and instead just got on the plane, a witness says.
‘Manchester by the Sea’ leads in Screen Actors Guild nominations
The winners for the big screen and television will be broadcast on Jan. 29.
The fight against fake news
As a writer and a librarian, I am a fierce defender of the First Amendment but also an ardent advocate of the truth, writes Liz Soares.
U.S. retail sales barely rise at start of holiday shopping
Sales data for Nov. shows that online purchases increased only slightly but consumers ate out more.
Former gunpowder plant owner to pay restitution in Maine wire fraud case
Craig Sanborn, serving a sentence for manslaughter, will pay the federal government some money they say he stole in Brownville.
Notorious jewel thief strikes again – at age 86 – police say
The elegant Doris Payne has allegedly been shoplifting for decades.