AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine residents that want to get coverage on the federallyrun health exchange by the start of the new year are rushing to get signed up. The deadline to sign up on the exchange for coverage that kicks in on Jan. 1 is today. Residents can still sign up for coverage until March […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — Employees of an egg farm in Turner have until February to vacate company-provided trailers and find new places to live. Under an agreement reached in the Lewiston District Court last week, 10 tenant-employees of the former DeCoster Egg Farm will be evicted, given time to find new homes and jobs. They […]

NEW LIMERICK (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage’s administration says a mill in northern Maine is expected to add 20 new jobs early next year. LePage’s office says the Louisiana Pacific Corporation plant in New Limerick hired 41 new employees last year and is hoping to continue to grow in the new year. The mill manufacturers […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A homeless Seattle man charged in connection with a 1976 slaying in Maine is scheduled to go on trial next year. The 65-year-old Raub was arrested in Seattle in 2012 in connection with the stabbing death of Blanche Kimball in her Augusta home. Raub at one time rented a room from Kimball […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine board is seeking proposals from state agencies, non-profit organizations, and municipalities for land conservation projects. The Land for Maine’s Future Board is looking for projects to be funded using about $10.4 million in state bonds approved by voters. The board says it’s seeking proposals on farmland protection, protection of working […]