PHIPPSBURG, Maine (AP) — A Maine fisherman says it was a slow day on the water when he started to wonder if there was a way to bring a little life back to the dead fish he was using as bait. The result was Zombait — a device that is inserted into the throat of […]

(AP) The National Weather Service says much-needed rain that’s on the way will help to reduce the fire danger across Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Meteorologist Eric Schwibs in Gray, Maine, says the rain will begin on Tuesday and up to 3 inches could fall before it ends by Thursday morning. That will help with […]

PORTLAND (AP) — An ongoing neighborhood feud in a Maine city threatens to close a nearly two decades-old camp for rescue horses. Jeanann Alves runs the Horse Island Camp on Peaks Island in Portland and leases her land from Thomas Covington Johnson. The Portland Press Herald reports a dispute between Johnson and recent neighbors has […]

BAR HARBOR (AP) — State police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the body of a man found floating off Maine’s coast 27 years ago. Authorities say the body was found 8 miles south of Schoodic Point by a boater in August 1990. They say efforts to identify the man over near three […]

Interstate fishing regulators are about to close the public comment period on potential changes to the way they regulate a fish that serves as a key piece of the ocean food chain. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is taking the last comments on its menhaden plan on Tuesday. Menhaden are small, schooling fish that […]

LEWISTON (AP) — A Maine woman is turning 103 and she got to celebrate with her family — all six generations of it. Irene Chouinard, of Lewiston, turned 103 on Monday. She has six children, 25 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren, 38 great-great-grandchildren and one great-great-greatgrandson. The Sun Journal reports that nearly 100 of them gathered Sunday […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The ferry between Portland and Nova Scotia carried more passengers in 2017 than it did the year before, but an engine problem put a damper on what was expected to be an even bigger spike. The Portland Press Herald reports that The Cat ferry transported more than 41,000 people from the end […]