The commissioner of the Maine Department of Transportation has called off all plans to build a bypass around Wiscasset, where potential solutions for summer traffic congestion have been studied for more than 50 years.

State Horticulturist Ann Gibbs describes the plant as Queen Anne’s lace on steroids.

The discovery of an American bald eagle’s nest in June 2010 derailed a bypass plan that had already been approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The local chain says it’s looking to lease “a handful” of Borders stores in New England.

Berkeley Patients Group, a California medical marijuana dispensary operator, is suing the executive director of Augusta-based Northeast Patients Group for allegedly breaching her employment contract by failing to disclose negotiations with another financial backer.

Berkeley Patients Group alleges that Northeast Patients Group’s executive director breached her employment contract with Berkeley.

Monday’s collision between a Downeaster train and a tractor-trailer was the first “major accident” in the nearly 10-year history of Amtrak’s Portland-to-Boston passenger service, said Patricia Quinn, executive director of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority.

The owner reported the banana boat missing and picked it up this morning.