PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine woman has won milk for life from Oakhurst Dairy in a contest that encouraged customers to share their “Oakhurst moments” from over the years on the dairy’s Facebook page. Robin Roberts Webster of Morrill also won a $1,000 donation to the charity of her choice. She picked the Morrill Fire […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service says the Sherman Post Office will offer a special pictorial postmark to commemorate the northern Maine town’s 150th anniversary. On Labor Day, Sept. 3, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., a postal booth will be set up at the Molunkus Lodge at 2 Church St. Postmaster William Mehrhoff […]

RUMFORD (AP) — The parent company of the paper mill in Rumford has filed its reorganization plan 11 months after seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Ohio-based NewPage Corp. said Tuesday that the plan was filed in federal bankruptcy court in Delaware. George Martin, president and CEO, described the filing as “an important and positive step […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage is seeking to reassure Mainers concerned about the proposed east-west highway across the state, saying the study process will be thorough and thoughtful. The governor’s statement Tuesday comes in the wake of Republican Sen. Doug Thomas’s request to LePage to suspend the study until property owners’ concerns can be […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine officials have convinced Holland America cruise line to purchase locally caught lobsters for its cruise ships when they visit Bar Harbor several times this season. The first delivery from the Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound takes place when the Maasdam visits Friday. WNSX-FM says the collaborate efforts of a Bar Harbor councilor, […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A national Republican panel wants more information before it renders a decision about a complaint aimed at denying participation to 21 Maine delegates at the GOP convention in Florida. The Bangor Daily News reports a hearing is planned for next week in Tampa. Ron Paul picked up 21 delegates after the Texan […]

Raw lobster tartar over creme frais with a fried quail egg. Miso-butter basted lobster with sunchoke puree, roasted maitake mushroom ragout and lily bulb. Lobster sashimi ballotine with chevre hazelnut stuffing and roasted beet emulsion. Those are three of the elaborate dishes that helped take four chefs to this week’s lobster chef world series championship, […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Six hundred cyclists are heading to New Hampshire to compete in the annual Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb. Saturday’s race is a grueling 7.6 mile climb up the highest mountain in the northeastern United States. The men’s record stands at 49 minutes, 24 seconds. The women’s is 58 minutes, 14 […]

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded today outside a Damascus hotel where U.N. observers are staying in the Syrian capital, wounding at least three people, Syria’s state TV reported. Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad toured the area of the blast and said none of the U.N. staff was […]

LONDON (AP) — Unemployment in the United Kingdom dropped to 8 percent in the three months through June, possibly due to a spate of hiring associated with the Olympic Games, official figures showed today. The Office for National Statistics revealed that 46,000 fewer people were unemployed from the previous three month period, contributing to the […]