PORTLAND (AP) — The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture has criticized Maine Gov. Paul LePage’s food stamp benefits cuts, saying the state hasn’t done enough to help now-disqualified unemployed adults. The Portland Press Herald reports more than 12,000 unemployed, childless Maine residents were removed from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from November 2014 to November 2015 […]

WESTBROOK (AP) — Authorities are investigating after a 36-year-old man was found dead in his Westbrook home. Emergency responders arrived at the home Sunday evening and tried unsuccessfully to revive the man, who was found unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The man’s identity is being withheld pending family notification. The state medical […]

SEBAGO (AP) — Maine state police say one man is dead and another is in custody after a shooting in Sebago. State police say 66-year-old Charles Cross was shot Saturday outside the home he shared with his longtime girlfriend, 59-year-old Paula Simonds, who called police. State police spokesman Stephen McCausland says the suspected shooter was […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Maine man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after being convicted of transporting a woman to New Hampshire to sell her as a prostitute. Maine U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty says 49- year-old Leo Grondin of Biddeford was sentenced in federal court Friday to 51 […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine River Flow Advisory Commission says there is a below average chance of flooding this spring in most of the state, with the exception of the northern reaches. The commission says the chance of flooding in northern Maine is about average in areas where there is still a large amount of […]

YORK (AP) — A Maine lobster dealer is adding a second location on the Boston Fish Pier. The new location will have the capacity to hold 20,000 pounds of live lobsters, Maine Coast Shellfish of York founder Tom Adams said. Adams says the Boston location and proximity to Logan International Airport will give his company […]

KITTERY (AP) — The Navy shipyard that overhauls and repairs nuclear-powered submarines has won a pair of environmental awards. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is the winner of two Chief of Naval Operations environmental awards for conservation and environmental restoration. Capt. William Greene, shipyard commander, says that being a good environmental steward helps the shipyard meet its […]