AUGUSTA — Maine’s highest court heard arguments Wednesday on whether the Department of Health and Human Services is violating women’s constitutional rights by refusing to pay for abortions through the state’s Medicaid program. Justices on Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court questioned attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine and the state about restrictions on […]

PORTLAND — The last of three men arrested as part of a large drug ring in the Biddeford-Saco area in January 2016 was sentenced on Wednesday. Erick Adams, also known as “X,” 40, of Taftville, Connecticut, and thought to be the leader of the group, was sentenced to 25 years in prison and five years […]

FARMINGTON — A Franklin County justice Tuesday ordered 19 guns seized in 2016 during a heroin trafficking investigation at a Farmington home to be turned over to the state. Mark Barrett, 61, formerly of Farmington, is serving three years of an eight-year sentence with the Department of Corrections. He testified at a criminal forfeiture hearing […]

The Maine Attorney General’s Office has filed a civil complaint against two Biddeford men that accuses them of violating the state’s Civil Rights Act during an alleged assault of an African-American man last month. Dusty Leo, 27, and Maurice Diggins, 34, have been charged criminally with aggravated assault. They also could face up to a […]

PHIPPSBURG — Phippsburg voters approved appropriations to the tune of $2,381,301.50 at the business portion of their annual town meeting Tuesday evening — $2,184 more than the warrant called for. Changes came on two items: The town hall budget and funding for the Bath Area Food Bank. Though selectmen recommended just $12,316 for the town hall […]