MONTPELIER, Vt. Some farmers are pressing for changes to proposed agricultural rules aimed at protecting Lake Champlain, but environmental advocates recently told lawmakers that the rules don’t go far enough. The required agriculture practices, which have been the subject of multiple meetings and public hearings, include rules for small farm certification, storing and managing manure, […]

MIAMI Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general and the epicenter of several political storms during the Clinton administration, including the seizure of Elian Gonzalez, died early today. She was 78. Reno died from complications of Parkinson’s disease, her goddaughter Gabrielle D’Alemberte said. D’Alemberte said Reno spent her final days at […]

PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia’s weeklong transit strike is over. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and the union representing about 4,700 transit workers announced a tentative agreement early Monday. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Board Chairman Pasquale Deon said it is a fair deal that provides “wage increases, pension improvements, and maintains health care coverage levels while addressing rising […]

SCARBOROUGH (AP) — Town officials see an opportunity if the owner of Scarbrough Downs succeeds in selling the harness-racing track and property in Maine. The Maine Sunday Telegram reports that a contract with investors seeking to bring a casino to the site expired last month. Andrew Ingalls, the listing broker, believes the 483-acre property could […]

SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — Maine officials say a juvenile has died while being detained at the Long Creek Youth Development Center. The incident was reported Friday as part of the attorney general’s protocol for deaths involving the Department of Corrections. Spokesman Tim Feeley said the state medical examiner has been asked to “determine time, date, […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The last of three men charged in a drug-related killing in Biddeford, Maine, has pleaded guilty. The trial of John Lopez was scheduled to start Friday in Superior Court in Portland. The Old Orchard Beach man was charged in the killing of Charles Raybine, who was shot multiple times in the head […]

MEDFORD (AP) — The Maine Warden Service is using dog teams on the ground and helicopters in the air to search for a missing Medford woman. Wardens say 71-year-old Diana Estey is believed to have gone missing sometime around Wednesday. She was last seen on Monday. Lt. Kevin Adam of the Maine Warden Service said […]