LEWISTON ( AP) — A Lewiston Christian school is closing at the end of the school year and administrators are blaming the poor economy. Vineyard Christian School opened in 2000 and had 145 students in grades K through 12 at its peak. Allen Austin, executive pastor of the Pathway Vineyard Church, which runs the school, […]

HOULTON (AP) — Lawyers for a Maine man charged with killing a 10-year-old boy and two adults in rural eastern Maine have asked for a change of venue for the trial, saying publicity about the case has made it difficult to find an impartial jury. Assistant Attorney General Bill Stokes told the Bangor Daily News […]

BANGOR (AP) — The only casino now operating in Maine has a new name. Hollywood Slots in Bangor is officially changing its name today to Hollywood Casino Bangor. Casino officials were also unveiling a new logo at a morning press conference. The casino is changing its name now that it will soon be offering poker, […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A state panel that assesses snowpack, stream flow, river ice conditions and other factors is meeting to assess the potential for spring flooding in Maine. The River Flow Advisory Commission is meeting today at the Maine Emergency Management Agency offices in Augusta. The commission meets in late winter each year to share […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — The Maine ethics commission has ruled that state Treasurer Bruce Poliquin should not be fined for failing to fully report his income on a disclosure report to the state. The Commission on Governmental Ethics and Election Practices also voted 4-1 Wednesday that Poliquin had filed an incomplete report, but had since […]

YORK (AP) — A jury has convicted a Maine man of stealing $50,000 from an American Legion post in York. The attorney general’s office says 36-year-old Ryan J. Byther of Scarborough was found guilty on Wednesday of theft by deception after a twoday trial. Prosecutors say Byther was a general contractor working for the American […]

BANGOR (AP) — A top federal official says the National Park Service has no plans in the coming year to study conservationist Roxanne Quimby’s proposal for a national park in the North Woods of Maine. Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine there is no effort under way for […]

PHILLIPS ( AP) — A Phillips man has been arrested after allegedly pointing a shotgun at a coyote hunter. Police say a group of hunters with dogs were confronted by 60-year-old Mark Cosenza on Wednesday. A spokesman for the Franklin County Sheriff ’s Department says there was a verbal confrontation, after which Cosenza allegedly pointed […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A lawsuit seeking to have a 36-foot mural depicting Maine’s labor history returned to a state office lobby will be at stake when a federal judge hears arguments on whether the suit should be dismissed. A group of six Mainers filed a complaint last March to have the mural returned to the […]

NEWBURGH (AP) — A Maine man owed $3,000 to the Florida firefighter he is suspected of killing and told police the firefighter threatened him and his family during a game of pool, according to an arrest warrant. Jerry Perdomo, a Seminole County firefighter and married father of two, disappeared in Maine on Feb. 16. A […]