AUGUSTA — Brunswick Sewer District has earned the Safety and Health Award for Public Employers award in recognition of their safety achievement program. SHAPE recognizes public-sector organizations that voluntary undertake a rigorous safety achievement program for their workers; Monday’s award brings the total number of SHAPE certified worksites in Maine to 67. “We congratulate Brunswick […]

AUGUSTA About $1 million has been raised since June alone by supporters among the five Maine initiatives on the ballot this fall. Voters will decide ballot questions in November on marijuana legalization; a tax to support public schools; universal background checks for gun sales; a gradual minimum wage hike; and ranked-choice voting. The biggest contributors […]

SACO (AP) — Officials in Saco are considering a proposal that would amend zoning ordinances to prohibit medical marijuana caregivers from growing the drug inside their homes. City Administrator Kevin Sutherland tells The Portland Press Herald that city council enacted a moratorium on medical marijuana facilities to determine where such businesses should operate. Sutherland says […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Officials in Portland will soon consider a proposal to build a group of solar panels at the site of a former landfill. The proposal is on the City Council schedule for a first reading on Monday and could come up for a vote in September. The council’s Energy and Sustainability Committee heard […]

ROCKLAND (AP) — Maine’s annual celebration of its most beloved crustacean is ready to take over the waterfront of one of its oldest lobstering communities for most of the week. The five day Maine Lobster Festival begins on Wednesday in the Rockland, located in Maine’s Midcoast region. The festival is based around fresh lobster dinners, […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s likes to fire off missives in the form of handwritten notes, but those will remain personal unless they’re shared by recipients. The Maine Sunday Telegram formally requested a copy of all of the governor’s handwritten notes. Ten months later, the governor’s office provided copies of just three notes. […]

MILO (AP) — Police in Maine say three teens were injured, one fatally, when their car went off a road in Milo and struck a tree. Sgt. Robert Cook says the 17-year-old boy killed was a passenger in the rear seat of a two-door sedan that skittered off Lakeview Road around 1:20 p.m. Sunday and […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine wildlife officials are asking residents to be aware of phony websites that lure customers into phishing scams with false promises of hunting licenses. The state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says residents should make sure they only attempt to buy sporting licenses and registrations from the Maine.gov website. The department […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Workers completed the replacement of the copper on the Maine Statehouse dome in November 2014. Now they’re nearing completion of replacement of the rest of the building’s roof. The Kennebec Journal reports that the remaining work includes replacing the rubber roof on the south side of the building, repairing decorative ledges and […]

BANGOR (AP) — The venerable Bangor State Fair is having its second day in Maine’s Queen City and expects to draw more than 40,000 residents. The ten-day event began on Friday. Organizers call it an “agricultural and recreational gathering” of people from all over Maine. The fair takes place on Bass Park, which surrounds Cross […]