AUGUSTA — An investigator with the Maine Human Rights Commission believes a Dayton School Department employee’s complaint of age discrimination cannot be substantiated. Dayton Consolidated School, which educates students from Kindergarten through fifth grade, is the only school in the small town of Dayton. Susan Trask, a fourth- and fifth-grade science teacher at the school, […]

AUGUSTA (AP) – A Bowdoinham man accused of crawling into a 6-year-old boy’s tent at a Wayne campground over the summer and touching him inappropriately has pleaded guilty. Scott Lathan, 23,.pleaded guilty on Tuesday to unlawful sexual contact that occurred between July 13 and Aug. 4. Lathan was sentenced to five years in prison with […]

WEST BATH (AP) – A founder of a youth theater program in Maine has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of sexual abuse involving at least several underage girls. Henry Eichman, who appeared in court Tuesday, was indicted in December by a Sagadahoc County grand jury on seven counts of unlawful sexual contact, six counts […]

BANGOR (AP) — A Maine woman charged in the death of her newborn son has been sentenced to nine years in prison after changing her plea to guilty. Fairfield resident Kayla Stewart, 21, pleaded guilty Wednesday to manslaughter under an agreement in which prosecutors dropped a murder charge. The judge proceeded to impose the sentence after […]

MADISON (AP) – The buyers of a recently shuttered Maine mill say they hope to redevelop part of the property. Madison Paper Industries closed in May. The mill had been producing paper since 1978. As a joint venture of New Mill Capital Holdings, Perry Videx and Infinity Asset Solutions purchased the Madison Paper Industries mill from owners UPM-Kymme […]

WESTBROOK (AP) — Maine-based Idexx Laboratories Inc. is being added to the Standard and Poor’s 500 stock index. Idexx CEO Jonathan Ayers said Wednesday it’s an honor to be included in the market index that’s based on 500 large companies traded on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ. He said it’s a testament to […]

PORTLAND (AP) – A trade group of local merchants in Maine’s largest city is starting a drive to crack down on panhandling, which it says hinders the ability to draw tourists. Portland Downtown is putting together a committee of merchants that will hold its first meeting this month. The group is called the Pan Handling […]