OLD ORCHARD BEACH (AP) — The fate of Kate’s Homemade Butter is in the hands of the Old Orchard Beach Town Council, which is scheduled to meet Tuesday to discuss whether to revoke the butter company’s license. Kate’s has operated in a residential neighborhood for 30 years, but as the business has grown, so have […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Ground has been broken on a memorial in Augusta to the state’s murdered children. Gov. Paul LePage was among those who took part in the ceremony Sunday at Holy Family Cemetery. Arthur Jette, who heads the Maine chapter of Parents of Murdered Children, said he hopes the memorial serves as a place […]

TURNER (AP) — A large fire has destroyed a barn at a Turner dairy farm, but no cows were killed thanks to the efforts of neighbors and passers-by. Ralph Caldwell of Caldwell Family Farms says the fire reported at about 2 p.m. Sunday started in the milk room and was probably electrical in nature. He […]

ORONO (AP) — A new art studio named for the Wyeth family of artists is being dedicated at the University of Maine. The Wyeth Family Studio Art Center is being dedicated on Sunday, honoring the three generations of Wyeths whose paintings have been inspired by Maine. N.C. Wyeth, his son Andrew and grandson Jamie split […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Former Gov. Ken Curtis is speaking at the University of Southern Maine in an ongoing speaker series featuring past and present politicians. Curtis was elected governor in 1966 and re-elected in 1970. He later served as president of Maine Maritime Academy. He will speak at USM on Thursday as part of the […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Several bird hunting seasons are launching in Maine this week. Grouse and woodcock hunting season starts on Tuesday. It also marks the beginning of waterfowl season in the southern and coastal parts of Maine. State officials are reminding grouse hunters about a new law that requires hunters in or traveling through unorganized […]

BANGOR A charge lodged against a Chelsea businessman that alleged he helped his wife, a former town selectwoman, misuse federal funds for a culvert repair has been dismissed by a federal judge. Marshall Swan, 56, will be tried before a jury on five counts of tax fraud beginning today in U.S. District Court. The owner […]