NEW YORK Public hospitals in New York City are concerned enough about Ebola that they’ve secretly been sending actors with mock symptoms into emergency rooms to test how good the triage staff is at identifying and isolating possible cases. A small hospital in the Ohio countryside has hung up signs, imploring patients to let nurses […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler is calling on the owner of a closing Bucksport paper mill to preserve the mill so it can be sold to a new operator. Cutler sent a letter to Verso Paper Corp. President David Paterson on Monday also asking Paterson to “operate and maintain” the mill’s energy […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Gas prices have fallen 3.3 cents a gallon in Maine in the last week. The average price of a gallon of gas in Maine on Monday was $3.39 a gallon, down 10.5 cents from one month ago, according to gasbuddy.com. The price is 9 cents higher than the price of a gallon […]

BANGOR (AP) — A Vermont man convicted of wire fraud for submitting false invoices to a Maine town may receive a sentencing date soon. Craig Sanborn, of Maidstone, Vermont, was scheduled in U.S. District Court in Bangor on Monday. A judge convicted Sanborn in May; he faces up to 20 years in prison and a […]

KENNEBUNK (AP) — A Kennebunk woman has set up a $1.5 million endowment that ensures children in town have a safe place to hone their ice skating skills. Geraldine Waterhouse’s generosity sparked a fundraising campaign that has raised nearly $900,000 to build the 11,000-square-foot Waterhouse Pavilion, an open-air rink officials hope will bring more people […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — One of two men charged with sex trafficking for allegedly running an escort service out of their Sidney home has pleaded guilty. Frederick Horne Jr. was fined $1,000 on Monday in Kennebec County Superior Court for the misdemeanor offense. The Kennebec Journal reports that the 20-year-old Horne and his father, Frederick Horne […]