AUGUSTA Legislative leaders will decide today whether to spend $1.2 million to overhaul the dome atop the state Capitol, an iconic and enduring structure experts say is three decades past its expected lifespan. The dome on the State House reaches skyward atop an already imposing building that sits on high ground overlooking the Kennebec River. […]

BOOTHBAY (AP) — The Maine Small Business Coalition released a report that shows 39 percent of the state’s small-business owners are older than 55 and increasingly reliant on social programs such as social security and Medicare. The coalition released the report, “Business is (Baby) Booming,” in Boothbay on Wednesday. It was prepared by the national […]

NORTH HAVEN (AP) — Police say speed and alcohol are likely factors in a fatal traffic crash this week in North Haven. Police say 20-year-old Evan Hopkins of North Haven lost control of his pickup truck on South Shore Road after 10 p.m. on Tuesday. The truck went off the road, struck multiple fence posts […]

PARIS (AP) — A jury has awarded nearly $1.8 million to a Sumner man who suffered injuries in a motorcycle crash in Porter in August 2010. Benjamin Church had sued two other people involved in the crash for negligence, including the estate of his friend and fellow motorcycle rider, Patrick Cadigan. Cadigan died in the […]

OLD TOWN (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says a pulp mill has agreed to pay $126,000 to settle claims it violated conditions of discharge permits. The EPA says Red Shield Acquisition LLC discharged processed waste water and storm water from its Old Town mill in violation of permits issued by the Maine Department […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Environmental groups in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont are asking federal regulators for a moratorium on new tar sands oil pipelines until new standards are created. The groups say current rules aren’t adequate in addressing “dirty” sands oil from Alberta, Canada. None of that oil is flowing through the region, but the […]