WISCASSET (AP) — An Episcopal priest has been sentenced to 45 days behind bars after pleading guilty to mailing illicit drugs to inmates at a Maine jail. The Rev. Stephen Foote of Bremen was sentenced Tuesday in Wiscasset District Court to a year in jail with all but 45 days suspended, a year of probation […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A bill sponsored by House Speaker Mark Eves would address an impending shortage of dentists and lack of dental care in the state. The bill from the North Berwick Democrat would establish a license for midlevel dental hygiene therapists to provide limited oral care focused on prevention. Maine has a shortage of […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Federal money is being allocated for a dredging project in the Scarborough River as early as this fall. The project qualified for federal funding because of the sustained excessive shoaling that resulted from Hurricane Sandy. Members of Maine’s congressional delegation say $3.5 million has been allocated for the Army Corps of Engineers’ […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Several 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 environmental activists contend current safety rules aren’t adequate to the region to receive “dirty” tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada.

BIDDEFORD (AP) — A man previously wounded in a drug-related shooting was found shot to death early Tuesday inside a rental car in Biddeford, state police said. The body of Charles Raybine was found inside the car parked at the Parish Place apartments near downtown after the shooting was reported around 12:45 a.m., state police […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine House has joined the Senate in approving a bill to prohibit tanning facilities and their operators from allowing youths who have not turned 18 years of age from using tanning devices. After a debate in which supporters warned of the health risks from tanning beds, representatives voted 82-63 to give […]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan and NATO forces killed more than 20 insurgents in a joint operation in the eastern Logar province, military officials said today. The two-day operation that ended Tuesday night in the province’s Baraki Barak district also killed a local Taliban commander, said provincial government spokesman Din Mohammad Darwesh. Two civilians were […]