ELLSWORTH (AP) — A free medical clinic in Ellsworth that treats the uninsured is running low on cash and is in danger of closing. The Ellsworth Free Medical Clinic is run by volunteer doctors and nurses and has been treating people for about two decades. It survives on grants and donations and the office coordinator […]

PORTLAND (AP) — An arbitrator has ordered the city to pay more than $1,100 in back wages to two firefighters who were punished after damaging the city’s $3.2 million fireboat. The city revealed the results of the decision Tuesday. The city suspended the firefighters without pay for causing $52,000 in damage to the boat when […]

LIVERMORE FALLS (AP) — Livermore Falls is considering seceding from Androscoggin County and joining Franklin County. The select board in the community voted this week to investigate the possibility of switching counties. Resident and state Rep. L. Gary Knight is sponsoring a bill to research the economic impact of a move. He and others say […]

LEBANON (AP) — Maine State Police are on the hunt for an armed suspect who shot a man in his own home in Lebanon. Authorities say Richard Potorski, 41, was taken to a hospital with a shoulder wound after he was shot by an intruder Tuesday afternoon. Police say Potorski was home for lunch when […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Portland city councilors are expressing their support for looking at the feasibility of developing train, bus or some other commuter transportation service linking Portland with the cities of Lewiston and Auburn. The City Council this week approved a resolution directing the city manager to work with Lewiston and Auburn, the Maine Department […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A longtime Maine National Guard officer has died unexpectedly at the state headquarters. Officials say the cause of death of Lt. Col. Michael J. Backus, 44, on Monday remains under investigation. The West Point graduate was performing regular duties at Camp Keyes in Augusta when he died.

SANFORD (AP) — Police say they made an arrest 10 minutes after a pharmacy was robbed in Sanford. Authorities say a man demanded prescription drugs from the pharmacy at Walgreen’s on Tuesday, lifting up his sweat shirt to display a handgun. Police say the suspect then ran away with the drugs and tried unsuccessfully to […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The Obama administration has rejected Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s plan to cut health care coverage for more than 20,000 low-income Mainers but left intact provisions approved by the former GOPcontrolled Legislature that’ll eliminate benefits for another 12,600 residents. The administration denied Maine’s request to eliminate Medicaid coverage for Maine parents who make […]