YORK Labor Day on the Maine Turnpike featured heavy traffic and some wit and wisdom from the Farmers’ Almanac. The Maine Turnpike Authority teamed up with editors of the almanac to produce a special promotional edition that was handed out to motorists exiting the state on Monday. Miles the Moose, a man dressed in a […]

AUGUSTA State fishery officials are holding public hearings on proposed rules for the next scallop-fishing season. For most of the state from New Hampshire to the Canadian line, the Department of Marine Resources is proposing a 70-day season with a daily catch limit from Dec. 2 into late March. The department is also proposing that […]

BANGOR (AP) — Fall enrollment at Maine’s universities and community colleges is expected to be about the same as last fall. Classes begin today at the state’s seven universities and two of the community colleges. Classes at the other five community colleges began last Monday. University of Maine System officials expect about 31,000 students this […]

CORNVILLE (AP) — Police had to use a stun gun to subdue a man they say was threatening people near the Cornville Regional Charter School as well as a Somerset County sheriff ’s deputy. Cpl. Eugene Cole says the man was subdued with a stun gun on Monday afternoon after he refused to submit to […]

BANGOR (AP) — Police responded to a Pine Street apartment building at about 5 p.m. Monday where a 32-yearold man was found suffering from a stab wound to the abdomen. He was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center. Neither the victim’s name nor his condition was released. Police did not immediately announce an arrest but […]

ELLSWORTH (AP) — A car crashed into a train in Maine for the second time in less than a week on Monday. Police say a car crashed into a passenger excursion train Monday afternoon at a railroad crossing in Ellsworth, but the driver was unhurt. Witnesses said the train was sounding its horn at the […]