SOUTH PORTLAND Snowstorm creates problems in fighting garage fire Wednesday’s snowstorm slowed the response to a garage fire that destroyed the building and a brand new car inside it. Firefighters got a call at noon about a fire in a garage at 26 Elderberry Drive. The residents, members of the Reali family, which owns Amato’s, were […]

The Togus Veterans Administration Medical Center has been fined $56,700 for violating Maine Department of Environmental Protection air quality rules, the agency announced in a report last week. The VA paid the civil penalty last year for violating surveillance provisions required for its DEP-issued air emissions license. Associate Medical Center Director Ryan Lilly said the […]

The final legal hurdle has been cleared for Maine to take ownership of 233 miles of rail considered to be a lifeline for northern Maine because it’s used by nearly two dozen businesses in some of the state’s most important industries, Sen. Susan Collins said Thursday. The state assumes ownership with a transfer of the […]

Home and business owners will have to pay to register a system, and the penalties for multiple false alarms will kick in earlier.