BANGOR A Maine sex offender charged last week with killing a 16-year-old girl who disappeared while jogging nearly 36 years ago is being held without bail. Philip Scott Fournier was arraigned Monday at the Penobscot Judicial Center in Bangor on a murder charge. He did not enter a plea. State police say Fournier killed Joyce […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage says he’ll include about $8 million in additional funding in the budget for the University of Maine System if the board agrees to a tuition freeze. The Portland Press Herald reports that the money would offset the need for a tuition increase and provide funds for specific programs, including […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Community College System trustees are ready to vote on a new president. Trustees will meet in Augusta on Tuesday to cast their vote. Derek Langhauser has been serving as interim president since longtime President John Fitzsimmons resigned in January 2015 under pressure from Republican Gov. Paul LePage. Last summer, trustees announced […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage is kicking off the maple syrup season by tapping a tree on the Blaine House lawn. Maine maple syrup producers are joining the governor at the annual event on Tuesday. The event is symbolic because the season is already underway in some places. Thanks to the warm winter, the […]

SEBAGO (AP) — A Maine man charged in the fatal shooting of his former brother- in- law has been ordered held without bail. Sixty- seven- year- o l d David Pinkham of Bridgton made his first court appearance Monday after being charged over the weekend with murder. Pinkham is accused of killing 66-year-old Charlie Cross […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The Mercy Hospital president and CEO who oversaw the opening of a state-of-the-art hospital and assisted in a merger with Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems is leaving the post. Officials said Monday that Eileen Skinner has resigned effective March 31. M. Michelle Hood, president and CEO of Brewerbased Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, praised […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — The Maine Senate will consider a victims’ rights bill that supporters say would make it easier for victims to strip their attackers of parental rights to children conceived as a result of rape. State law says a man convicted of rape can be stripped of parental rights to children conceived during […]