BRUNSWICK — On Monday, Norway Savings Bank representatives donated $2,000 to Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program. Norway’s Savings Bank employees raised $10,000 in total to help feed Maine families struggling with food insecurity. As part of the bank’s 150th anniversary celebration, employees created limited-edition cookbook called “Colorful Cooking Solutions” from the kitchens of bank employees […]

State Police plan to have additional troopers on patrol and their plane in the air for the long Thanksgiving weekend. Chief of State Police Col. Robert Williams said troopers will be looking for aggressive, impaired and texting drivers. In addition, troopers will also be looking for seat belt violators following a rash of fatal crashes […]

PORTLAND A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling that Republican Gov. Paul LePage has immunity from civil rights lawsuits and can’t be sued for threatening to withhold state discretionary funding from a nonprofit that had offered a job to Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves. A majority opinion by a three-judge panel of the […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The second of three men who pleaded guilty in the drug related killing of a Biddeford man three years ago is headed to prison. The Portland Press Herald reports 29-year-old Bub Peter Nguany, of Old Orchard Beach, was sentenced Monday to 40 years for a knowing or intentional murder charge and 20 […]

SCARBOROUGH (AP) — The organizers of a dental charity drive say the effort treated almost 400 patients and provided nearly $100,000 in care this month. Dr. Demi Kouzounas and Dr. Barry Saltz of Scarborough organize the drive, which is called Dentists Who Care for ME and is in its eight year. They say 20 dentists, […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s secretary of state office says it’s preparing to recount more than 700,000 referendum ballots on whether to legalize marijuana and whether to add a 3 percent tax surcharge on individuals who earn more than $200,000 a year. The Portland Press Herald reports unofficial results from the office indicate the marijuana question […]

EASTPORT (AP) — Maine will award 30 archery permits for a two-week hunt in December aimed at alleviating an overpopulation of deer in a town of islands. The Kennebec Journal reports the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s Advisory Council approved the hunt Monday. Eastport is a small area of islands along Maine’s northern coast. […]