Raymond Beach transformed from a dumping ground for passing motorists to a destination for boaters in less than a year.

PORTLAND — There’s a new rule on the second floor of the University of Southern Maine’s Glickman Family Library.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maine was encouraged by President Barack Obama’s announcement Friday that church-affiliated institutions will not have to include coverage for contraception in their employees’ health insurance plans, as had been required under health care reforms enacted last year.

PORTLAND — A former Portland podiatrist, who has been under investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration since 2010, has been indicted on 45 drug and health care fraud charges for writing illegal prescriptions.

PORTLAND — They’re on the sidewalks, on the streets and in the cracks between the cobblestones.

Three of Blockbuster’s locations in Maine, in South Portland, Westbrook and Lewiston, apparently are on an expanded list of unprofitable video rental stores that the parent company, Dish Network, has decided to close.

The Maine ethics commission will decide Wednesday whether to probe the campaign finance reports of the political action committees behind a failed proposal to allow a casino in downtown Lewiston.