PORTLAND (AP) — A 23- year-old man who was given three life sentences in a 2010 triple killing is appealing his convictions and sentences to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Thayne Ormsby was convicted last year of three counts of murder and one count of arson for the 2010 stabbing deaths of 55-year-old Jeffrey Ryan, […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine residents concerned about proposed changes to Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance will have a chance to speak this week. The Bureau of Insurance is holding a hearing today at the Cross State Office Building in Augusta on the insurance proposal which would transfer individual policy holders into a network with […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Lawyers for a newspaper in Maine’s largest city are appearing before the state’s high court arguing that 911 call transcripts in active homicide investigations are public records. The Maine Attorney General’s Office denied a request from the Portland Press Herald to release transcripts from 911 calls to police before last year’s fatal […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine is raising awareness of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder by urging women to avoid all alcohol while pregnant. Today is National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day. Maine’s Office of Substance Audai Naser, owner of Tandoor Bread and Restaurant, makes traditional, delectable Middle Eastern flatbread for Portland food lovers and immigrants looking […]

SKOWHEGAN (AP) — A 22- year-old central Maine man has been indicted on a murder charge in connection with the beating death of another man. Jason Cote of Palmyra was indicted Friday in the death of 47-year-old Ricky Cole on July 17. The Morning Sentinel reports that prosecutors allege that Cote beat Cole with a […]

BOSTON (AP) — Three years before the next presidential election, several prospective Republican White House contenders are quietly courting senior members of Mitt Romney’s money machine. For the candidates, Romney’s team represents a well-connected group of influential donors who can quickly generate — or divert elsewhere — the financial resources that have become the lifeblood […]

HARTFORD, Vt. (AP) — Another Vermont bridge that has been closed since being damaged by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene two years ago has officially reopened. The Taftsville Covered Bridge reopened with a celebration Saturday, restoring a link between four towns. The 189-foot bridge is the secondlongest covered bridge in Vermont and one of the […]