AUGUSTA (AP) — A new tool installed on Maine’s coast will monitor tides in areas often slammed by storms. The information gathered by a recently installed tide gauge at a pier in Saco will help groups like the National Weather Service issue flood warnings and evacuation orders. The data can help predict wave height in […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Fishermen will likely be allowed to catch more monkfish next year. Monkfish are a species of bottom-dwelling fish that are a popular item at restaurants and seafood markets. The regulatory New England Fishery Management Council has approved rules for the fishery that will allow fishermen to bring ashore more than 15,000 metric […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The leader of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, Maine, is going to serve as chairman of a key committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. U.S. Catholic bishops meeting in Baltimore elected Bishop Robert Deeley as chairman-elect of the Committee on Canonical Affairs and Church Governance. The committee assists […]

WELLS (AP) — Authorities in Maine have identified two victims killed in an accident on the Maine Turnpike in Wells as a 57- year-old man and a 5-yearold boy. Police say the car in which Earl Gray, of Waterboro, was driving and Wyatt Frost, of Lyman, was a passenger was hit from behind by a […]

PORTLAND (AP) — New data released by the federal government suggests there’s a lot of volunteering going on in Maine’s biggest city. An annual report released by the government agency that oversees Ameri- Corps says the Greater Portland metropolitan area ranks fifth in the country for volunteering. The report by CNCS indicates more than 162,100 […]

WESTBROOK (AP) — A Maine city and several government agencies and other organizations have reached an agreement to remove a dam as soon as 2020. U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree says the agreement was reached Wednesday between paper company Sappi North America, the city of Westbrook, the federal Department of the Interior and Fish and Wildlife […]

FARMINGTON (AP) — A New Sharon woman barred from having pets stemming from prior animal cruelty convictions has been convicted of contempt of court after authorities say she was seen with animals. Carol Murphy was convicted on Wednesday after the 71-year-old was found with dogs, a cat, a pot-bellied pig, chinchillas and a rabbit in […]

NEW YORK Call him the dealmaker-elect. By his own account, President-elect Donald Trump has worked out a few agreements after a parade of weekend visitors who could land major appointments in his administration. There were hints but no decisions to announce. Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee in 2012, was “under active and serious consideration” for […]

NEW YORK Cyber Monday is starting earlier and earlier. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said today that it’s kicking off its so-called “Cyber Monday” deals at 12:01 a.m. EST Friday for the first time ever as it aims to grab customers ahead of its competitors. Last year, the world’s largest retailer pulled up the “Cyber Monday” deals […]

SAN ANTONIO, Texas Two police officers have been shot in separate incidents in what authorities are calling targeted attacks. One died while the other was shot twice in the face but was expected to survive. A San Antonio detective writing out a traffic ticket to a motorist was shot to death in his squad car […]