FREEPORT Y ou can ask Kirk Favreau of Topsham — or his friends — anything, but be prepared to endure some off-color humor before you get a straight answer. That includes questions about Favreau’s fight against ALS, a disease he was diagnosed with last spring. A fundraiser is being held for Favreau at Buck’s Naked […]

BRUNSWICK Residents of the 11-unit apartment building at 9 Dunning St. were scheduled to return home this morning, two weeks after they were ordered to leave by the town citing life-safety violations. “We passed the fire inspection this morning,” said Bud Moody, the newly hired property manager for the building. 9 Dunning St. was condemned […]

TOPSHAM It wasn’t what many were expecting to hear from an expert on walkability — the Lower Village has more offroad parking than it needs. Dan Burden, co-founder of Walkable and Livable Communities Institute, said the audit and presentation he conducted on the walkability of the Lower Village should be a turning point for the […]

BRUNSWICK A series of forums for local and state senate candidates beginning Thursday will help introduce political hopefuls to Brunswick voters. “Unfortunately, in these local races, the amount of information people can get about individual candidates can be very limited, especially in municipal races,” said Michelle Small of the Brunswick Area League of Women Voters, […]

PORTLAND A group that wants to abolish bear baiting sued Tuesday to stop what it described as illegal campaigning by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife against a Nov. 4 statewide referendum. Katie Hansberry of Mainers for Fair Bear Hunting accused the department of “using staff time, equipment, and agency dollars to influence […]

AUGUSTA The state Senate rejected one of Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s nominees to the University of Maine System Board of Trustees on Tuesday, prompting accusations that some Democratic legislators were using the vote to score political points. The Democrat-controlled Senate rejected Susan Dench’s nomination by a 17- 15 vote along party lines, while approving 50 […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine lawmakers are leaving a time capsule under the new copper sheath of the Statehouse dome. A bipartisan group of legislative leaders walked up the scaffolding on Tuesday and placed several items into a copper box marked with the state’s motto, “Dirigo 2014.” The box was then put into the side of […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine residents’ income rose during the April to June quarter. The Bureau of Economic Analysis says Tuesday that Maine personal income went up 1.5 percent in the quarter. The increase places the state second in New England and matches the national average increase. The Portland Press Herald says the increase means Maine […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage is applauding a $25,000 donation to a group in Maine that is working to prevent domestic violence. Ernie Boch Jr., the CEO of the Subaru of New England, announced the donation to the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence at an event at the governor’s mansion on Tuesday. The […]