An SUV driven by a 27-year-old Madawaska man struck a boat launch, a dock and a boat and ended up in the lake.
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Baby left under Maine’s Safe Haven law
In Maine, parents can leave a baby less than a month old with police, hospital staff or medical service providers without repercussion.
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Moxie: ‘It’s Maine in a bottle!”
Tens of thousands of people are expected to attend this weekend’s Moxie Festival in Lisbon Falls.
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Lobstermen get back to racing
This weekend’s races are at Searsport (today) and Stonington (Sunday).
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WW II airman to be buried in Maine 66 years after crash
A graveside funeral service for 2nd Lt. Robert Emerson of Norway is being held today at Pine Grove Cemetery in South Paris.
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SNAPSHOT: Willy’s weeds
Willy Ellis pulls weeds from around the summer squash Sunday in the garden at his Farmingdale farm. Ellis said the vegetables are coming up well despite rain this spring. “I’m just trying to keep ahead of the bugs,” Ellis said.
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Jobs report spurs fear that recovery is already failing
WASHINGTON — Hiring slowed to a near-standstill last month, raising doubts that the economy will rebound in the second half of the year.
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Fresh Air Fund children return to Maine
Idasia Santos, 13, of the Bronx, N.Y., gets a hug from her host mother Rebecca Pushard of Manchester after arriving at the Augusta Civic Center on Friday evening. Santos is one of 23 children from New York City spending the next few weeks in the Augusta/Waterville area with host families as part of the Fresh […]
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As final shuttle flight launches, NASA can only wonder what’s next
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — With a cry from its commander to “light this fire one more time,” the last shuttle thundered into orbit Friday on a cargo run that will close out three decades of both triumph and tragedy for NASA and usher in a period of uncertainty for America’s space program.
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Streamlining law hits state DEP
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s newly enacted law aimed at streamlining regulations is starting to have an impact in the state Department of Environmental Protection.