PORTLAND Amid massive 300-barrel fermentation tanks, there’s a small setup in the Shipyard brewery that puts out 1.5 barrels beer at a time. “Keeping our brewers excited about brewing and keeping our customers interested in what’s going on at the brewery are two big areas we talk a lot about,” founder Fred Forsley said on […]

BANGOR A 38-year-old Bangor man was sentenced to five years in prison, with all but one year suspended, after pleading guilty Thursday charges stemming from a domestic violence case that occurred in August last year. Penobscot County District Attorney R. Christopher Almy said the charges to which Carl McCullough II pleaded guilty were one count […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A group studying the scope of the hunger problem in Maine schools is asking lawmakers to take action. The group, which includes advocates, school officials and legislators, is proposing that school nutrition programs be funded through Maine’s school-funding formula and for state officials to work with the congressional delegation on hunger initiatives […]

ELLSWORTH (AP) — Workers at a Maine Goodwill store got quite a shock when they opened a donated book and found a gun inside. An employee at the Ellsworth store was going through a pile of books received from a central warehouse last week and noticed that one didn’t quite feel right. The book — […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A bill that would ban consumer products that contain “microbeads” is moving forward in the Maine Legislature. The Environment and Natural Resources Committee unanimously endorsed the bill on Wednesday. The Portland Press Herald reports that Maine is one of about two dozen states where such legislation is being considered. Similar laws have […]

WASHINGTON Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress will face some resistance in a vote to authorize President Barack Obama’s war against Islamic State militants despite international outrage over video of militants beheading their captives and burning one alive. War authorizations are among the most difficult issues confronting members of Congress. Several Democrats will be reluctant […]

DENVER As vaccine skeptics fight laws that would force more parents to inoculate their kids, they are finding unexpected allies in conservative Republicans. Though the stereotype of a vaccine skeptic is a coastal, back-to-the-land type, it’s generally been Democratic-controlled states that have tightened vaccination laws. This week, Democrats in two of those states — California, […]

Several state legislatures are debating vaccine-related measures as dozens of people have fallen ill from a measles outbreak that started at Disneyland in December and spread beyond the theme park. Here is a look at some of the legislation from Maine: A bill introduced by a Democratic lawmaker would eliminate the philosophical exemption that allows […]

VALHALLA, N.Y. Friends and family of the woman who died when the SUV she was driving was hit by a suburban commuter train were to gather today to mourn her loss and to say their final goodbyes. Ellen Brody’s funeral service is scheduled for this morning in Dobbs Ferry. The 49-year-old mother of three was […]