The orange construction barrels that became a permanent part of the Interstate 295 landscape were removed last week, signaling the end to a $22.4 million highway improvement project that began six months ago.

The orange construction barrels that became a permanent part of the Interstate 295 landscape were removed last week, signaling the end to a $22.4 million highway improvement project that began six months ago.

Several churches in Maine are struggling to find a way to provide discounted food boxes to needy families and individuals, who had grown to rely on a Georgia-based supplier that went out business two months ago.

Hair salons covet them. Fly fishermen want them but are finding them increasingly hard to get. It’s fashion versus tradition. There’s hot competition these days, in Maine and across the nation, for dry fly-tying feathers, also known as hackles. Industry officials say the shortage of feathers, which come from roosters, has been building for about […]

The worker is listed in stable condition after undergoing surgery at Maine Medical Center today.

PORTLAND — A group of Mainers starts work Tuesday at a summer camp in Massachusetts where they will provide comfort and support to children affected by one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in U.S. history.

PORTLAND — A group of Mainers starts work Tuesday at a summer camp in Massachusetts where they will provide comfort and support to children affected by one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in U.S. history.

A member of the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee wants the attorney general to investigate whether information was leaked improperly to The Portland Press Herald for a story on the Maine Green Energy Alliance.