CANBERRA, Australia — The Australian government has ramped up pressure on parents who oppose vaccination by threatening to withhold child care and other payments from families that fail to immunize their children. The government announced this week that families could lose up to $11,400 per child per year in tax and child care benefits from […]

CASCO, Maine — The Sebago Lake State Park boat launch is renovated and reopened. The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands says boaters will have better ability to launch and retrieve their crafts this year. The renovations include a wider concrete ramp. The launch averages about 1,700 boats per season. It is accessible by paying […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine campaign finance data confirms early reports that a nationally-backed marijuana legalization drive is raising more money than a local organization with the same goal. The reports say the Committee to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol raised $51,155 between January and the end of March. The group is an effort of the national […]

BIDDEFORD — About 200 feet northeast of the intersection of York and Laconia streets, between the Mill at Saco Falls and the North Dam Mill, a piece of land formerly used by Central Maine Power to store electrical transformers slopes harshly toward the western bank of the Saco River. Currently, the city-owned property is “overgrown […]

PORTLAND (AP) — President Barack Obama says tens of thousands of Maine families would benefit from his middle-class tax cut plan. Obama held interviews Monday with five local television stations, including Maine’s WCSH-TV, to highlight his proposals. Obama wants to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit for workers who don’t have children living at home, […]