CONCORD, N.H. The warm winter is proving to be a double whammy for snowmobilers in northern New England. Not only are thousands of miles of trails closed due to lack of snow, but the corresponding drop in snowmobile registrations and club memberships could jeopardize money aimed at maintaining trails in future years. In New Hampshire, […]

PORTLAND A series of changes are coming to the state’s lobster fishing licenses system that has divided lobstermen in an era of unprecedented hauls for the valuable creatures. Some of the changes a panel of the Main Legislature signed off Wednesday are aimed at speeding up the process of getting fishermen off a waiting list […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A man appointed last week by Republican Maine Gov. Paul LePage to fill a vacant county sheriff ’s seat is withdrawing after Democrats threatened to challenge the legality of his appointment. The move late Wednesday by Ken Mason ends a potential legal fight between the governor and the Kennebec County Democratic Committee […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine lawmakers are considering a bill that would require landlords who receive public housing subsidies to allow tenants to keep guns in their rental units. The bill was prompted by Harvey Lembo, a retired lobsterman in Rockland who was threatened with eviction after shooting an intruder. Supporters of the bill at a […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — Maine’s congressional delegation has offered a mixed response to President Barack Obama’s proposal to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The Portland Press Herald reports Sen. Angus King, an independent who causes with Democrats and Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat, both say they’re in favor of closing the facility. But King […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — An Augusta man has been sentenced to serve one year behind bars for committing multiple burglaries, including one at the West Gardiner home of a Maine state trooper. The Kennebec Journal reports that 29- year- old Dustin Woodworth was sentenced at the Capital Judicial Center after he pleaded guilty in January […]

MADISON ( AP) — A Maine Department of Corrections report states that staff at the Somerset County Jail didn’t follow protocol during the May 2014 death of an inmate. The Morning Sentinel reports the Maine attorney general’s office is continuing to conduct a criminal investigation into the death of Joseph Daoust, who was found unresponsive […]