NEW SHARON (AP) — Investigators are now saying that driver inattention was the likely cause of a fatal traffic accident in New Sharon. John Pelletier died at the hospital a day after his pickup truck was struck by a tractor trailer as he pulled out of his driveway onto U.S. Route 2 on May 9. […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Federal railroad inspectors are in Maine inspecting tracks that are used to transport crude oil, including those owned by the railway involved in a catastrophic accident in Quebec earlier this month. The Federal Railroad Administration says inspections will continue through the end of summer, focused primarily on tracks owned by Montreal, Maine […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine-based railway that owned the runaway train involved in a catastrophic accident in Quebec early this month is laying off employees. A union representing Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway employees said Wednesday the company has laid off 17 workers and two managers from its 75-person work force in Quebec. Details of […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A new online reporting system is designed to make it easier for Maine businesses to report newly hired employees. Maine’s health and human services and labor departments say that under new requirements, businesses should report any newly hired or rehired employees to the state within seven days of hire. Businesses can do […]

BANGOR (AP) — An auto mechanic convicted in the fatal crowbar beating of another man was ordered Wednesday to serve seven years in prison for the killing, which he described as selfdefense. Eight of the victim’s family members, including his widow, made emotional pleas for the maximum penalty of 30 years in prison for Peter […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A 23- year-old Maine man is going to prison for nearly six years for giving another man a fatal dose of drugs. Shawn Verrill of South Berwick was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Portland to five years and 11 months in prison. Verrill pleaded guilty in March to distribution of […]