EASTBROOK (AP) — Law enforcement officials are treating the death of a Maine man whose body was found in a small pond as a suspected drowning. Police say an autopsy was conducted Tuesday on the body of George Francis, 24, of Eastbrook. Francis was last seen Friday night and his family reported him missing on […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A bill to fix a $6 million hole in Maine’s two-year $6.3 billion state budget has passed the Maine Legislature. The Democratic-led House and Senate gave final approval to a bill to raise the service provider tax Tuesday night. Its fate was uncertain after it failed in the House earlier Tuesday. But […]

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — The contractor working on the new Memorial Bridge connecting New Hampshire and Maine says it hopes to have more information next week on a timetable for opening it. Archer Western Contractors is making adjustments to the balancing of the span and counterweights. Work on paving the bridge decks and approaches is […]

GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — It’s not the kind of sign you usually see at a park: “Our deer don’t smoke in your backyard. Please don’t smoke in theirs.” But the Los Angeles foothill suburb of Glendale hopes such jokes will do a serious job and keep smokers from trashing local parks and trails. The Los […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Framing a new argument against President Barack Obama’s health care law, congressional GOP leaders called Tuesday for a delay in the law’s requirement that individual Americans carry health insurance. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and other senior Republicans told Obama in a letter that his decision last week to grant a one-year […]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas House began debating a bill on Tuesday that would impose tough new restrictions on abortions, as national activists on both sides of the issue descended on the Capitol building. Republican Rep. Jody Laubenberg, of Parker, outlined the bill that would require doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, […]