BRUNSWICK On Friday the Bowdoin International Music Festival will conclude its season with a performance by violinist Augustin Hadelich and the Bowdoin Festival Orchestra conducted by Gemma New. The New Zealand-born New is the resident conductor of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and the music director for the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra in Ontario. On Friday, […]

PORTLAND Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin touts fiscal discipline, but he and his real estate company were late paying taxes dozens of times. A review of property tax records in the Maine communities of Oakland, Phippsburg, Georgetown and Bath indicates the freshman lawmaker from Oakland was assessed interest 31 times for tardy payments in the […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — For the first time in several years, the Maine Drought Task Force has called a meeting in response to the unusually dry weather the state has experienced this summer. The Kennebec Journal reports the task force’s meeting Thursday in Augusta will examine and discuss the potential risks from the dry weather, such […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Republican Donald Trump is paying another visit to Maine. The New York real estate mogul is due to hold a town hall-style meeting this afternoon at Merrill Auditorium in Portland. Joining him will be Maine Gov. Paul LePage. The event is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Trump previously held rallies in […]

NEWPORT (AP) — The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the trade association for the firearms industry is offering a reward for information leading to burglars who stole 22 guns from a Newport pawn shop last month. The Morning Sentinel reports the ATF and the National Shooting Sports Foundation is offering $5,000 […]

BAR HARBOR (AP) — MDI Biological Laboratory has broken ground on a new training laboratory that will double the facility’s capacity for hands-on biomedical research training when it is completed. The laboratory was founded in the late 19th century and performs research with a goal of improving human health. It is located on Mount Desert […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Water officials say equipment malfunctions and a 36-year-old aeration system are hindering efforts to eliminate odors at a Portland wastewater treatment plant amid a rising number of odor complaints. The Portland Press Herald reports the water district received 33 online complaints last month about foul smells coming from the East End Wastewater […]

BRIDGTON (AP) — Authorities in Bridgton say they are looking for a 19- year-old man who is presumed dead after falling from a pontoon boat in Long Lake. Police say the teenager is from Hollis Center, Maine, and he fell from the boat just before noon on Wednesday. They say the man was a passenger […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Officials in Maine’s capital city are taking up a final vote on a permanent bedbug ordinance that would allow the city to require landlords to bring in pest management professionals when an infestation is discovered. The Kennebec Journal reports that the ordinance being voted on Thursday by the City Council is a […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The Northern Border Regional Commission is giving Maine nearly $2 million and New Hampshire about $1.5 million to improve infrastructure and provide job training skills around the states. The regional commission is a federal-state partnership to help distressed communities in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. In Maine, the money will […]