PORTLAND (AP) — A decision is coming about whether New England’s shuttered shrimp fishery will be able to reopen this winter. Prospects for reopening are dim. A scientific panel has recommended the regulatory Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission keep the fishery closed because of concerns about poor reproduction in a warming ocean. An arm of […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Opponents of a Maine proposal to legalize recreational marijuana said Wednesday they are readying a request for a recount if the race is called in favor of the ballot initiative. Results so far show voters for the proposal holding an edge of less than 1 percent. But the race remained too close […]

PORTLAND (AP) – Maine’s largest hospital has notified the Maine Center for Disease Control of a patient who has what they believe is a potentially deadly prion disease. The Maine CDC thas said that they were notified by the hospital on Tuesday evening. Testing is under way to reach an official diagnosis. Prion diseases are […]

ROCKLAND (AP) — The state fire marshal’s office says a Maine man has been arrested on charges he allegedly set fire to his neighbor’s mobile home. Timothy Barbeau, 42, of Rockland, was charged Tuesday with two counts of arson and one count of aggravated attempted murder. He remains held at Knox County Jail. It wasn’t […]

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi troops consolidated gains in their advance on the northern city of Mosul on Thursday, regrouping as they clear neighborhoods and houses once occupied by the Islamic State group.In Mosul proper, where troops have a foothold in a sliver of territory in the city’s east, the special forces control the Zahra neighborhood, […]