Senate Majority Leader Seth Goodall followed through on his pledge to resign from the Legislature on Tuesday evening amid accolades from his colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Goodall, a Democrat from Richmond who is in his fifth year in the Senate, accepted a presidentially appointed position last month as New England regional director […]

Hours after the House of Representatives overturned Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a consumer protection bill Tuesday, the measure failed by one vote in the Senate. Sponsored by Rep. Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, LD 1390, “An Act Regarding the Cancellation of Subscriptive Services,” was intended to make it easier for people who purchase online services to […]

Brunswick Arrests Joshua S. Davis, 19, of 13 Hornet St., Brunswick, was arrested July 7 at 5:34 p.m. at Olympia Sports on Gurnet Road and charged with theft. Joseph Christopher Hanscom, 39, of 387 Meadow Cross Road, Topsham, was arrested July 7 at 3:16 a.m. at Wadsworth Road and charged with criminal trespass. Bryan Wilson, […]

PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Firefighters William Benitez and Lou Larosa were fresh out of the New York City Fire Department when terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, killing nearly 3,000 people, including hundreds of first responders. The days ahead were tough as the two rookies and their colleagues […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Cities and towns will have to ask for voter approval if they redo their school district’s budgets to spend unexpected state funds, after the measure failed in the Maine Legislature. The Democratic-controlled House voted 97-54 Tuesday. The bill required a two-thirds majority vote because it would take effect immediately. It failed later […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Portland’s Planning Board has approved a $40 million expansion at Maine Medical Center that would add four operating rooms. The board unanimously approved the project on Tuesday. The 40,000-square-foot addition will be built on top of the Lower Bean Building, near the emergency room. The project will also allow the hospital to […]

BANGOR (AP) — An attorney for the Auburn woman charged with killing her 2- year-old daughter has asked a judge to seal all search warrant affidavits associated with the case after a newspaper requested the documents. Justice Ann Murray is expected to rule on the request today. Leanna Norris is being held without bail after […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Maine man has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Daniel Fowler, 35, of Lewiston had pleaded guilty to the charges in March.

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine law enforcement officials say a man wanted in connection with the shooting that injured nine people in New York City will be extradited to face charges. Officials said Parris Peterson Lloyd, 25, was arrested early Sunday on the Maine Turnpike in Litchfield. He waived extradition on Tuesday. Police say Peterson-Lloyd and […]

LIVERMORE (AP) — Authorities say a body found by tree workers in Livermore was that of a man who’d been missing since June 12. Androscoggin County Sheriff ’s Lt. Glenn Holt said Tuesday that Nathaniel Paradis, 29, of Livermore Falls had suffered from depression and that foul play was not suspected in his death. Workers […]