LISBON Martha Poliquin of Lisbon has said she has qualified for the ballot for Maine House District 56 — Lisbon — as a Democratic candidate. According to a statement by her campaign, Poliquin was a member of the Lisbon School Board from 1995-2001, serving as chairwoman for several years. She has been a Pack 109 […]

BIDDEFORD China’s hunger for American lobsters is helping keep prices high to U.S. consumers, but a tariff on the seafood does not appear imminent. The Asian country imported more than 17.8 million pounds of lobster from America in 2017, eclipsing the previous record of about 14 million pounds in 2016, federal statistics state. The value […]

AUGUSTA Maine’s Republican governor wants the state to direct nearly $1 million to keep attorneys in the Department of Health and Human Services. The bill aims to restore eight staffers who provide legal services and whose contract positions end soon, according to Republican Rep. Paul Chace, who sponsored LePage’s plan at a Monday public hearing. […]

ROCKLAND (AP) — Police in Maine say a man was seriously injured in a fall from the deck of a pub over the weekend. The Kennebec Journal reports the injury happened 12:34 a.m. Sunday at the Time Out Pub in Rockland. Police say the 30-year-old Old Town man fell from the pub’s 17- foot-high deck […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Police in Maine say a sixth business in the greater Portland area has been targeted in an armed robbery in less than a week. WCSH-TV reports a suspect tried to rob the China Taste restaurant in Portland Sunday night. Police say the suspect demanded cash but didn’t get any money. Investigators say […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine child abuse advocates and law enforcement officials are speaking out after two girls recently died following abuse in their homes. Kate Perkins of the Maine Children’s Trust said child abuse and prevention councils are working with law enforcement officials to “insure Maine children are safely nurtured.” The groups are holding a […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Certain Mainers and their employers could more easily receive tax credits for paying off their student loans under a bill. The Legislature’s Taxation Committee will consider Tuesday the proposal backed by Republican Gov. Paul LePage. LePage has called for student loan debt relief to attract young people to the nation’s oldest state. […]

DETROIT (AP) — A judge has ruled in favor of the government in a dispute over ownership of two antique lighthouse lenses worth at least $600,000. The decision means Steve Gronow of Howell, Michigan, must surrender the lenses. He calls it a “huge disappointment.” The government sued Gronow, saying he had no right to lenses […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Republican Senate President Mike Thibodeau is abandoning his bid for governor. Thibodeau said in a statement Monday that he can’t fulfill his jobs of leading the Senate in the final weeks of the session and also running a private business while campaigning for governor.