LEWISTON A 35-year-old man was stabbed in the neck Wednesday afternoon during a fight on Knox Street in Lewiston, police said. Hours after the knifing, police arrested Raynold L. Labree III, 34, of Lisbon. He was charged with elevated aggravated assault. The victim, who was not identified, was being evaluated Wednesday night at Central Maine […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — A regulatory panel will meet next month to consider what the future holds for New England’s shuttered shrimp fishery. The fishery has been shut down since 2013 because of low population, poor survival of young shrimp and concerns about warming oceans. An arm of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will […]

A pair of major road projects will likely complicate travel on Interstate 95 in southern Maine for the next few years even as a record number of drivers are expected to be using the highway. Starting next spring, the Maine Department of Transportation will undertake a three-year, $30 million project to resurface the six-lane Piscataqua […]

BOWDOINHAM Bowdoinham celebrates agriculture, arts and the tradition of coming together this weekend with its annual Celebrate Bowdoinham event. Celebrate Bowdoinham begins Friday night with the Bowdoinham Community School 5K Chicken Run. Money raised from the race goes to benefit school programs. Why a chicken run? The name taps into the town’s history, when volunteers […]

AUGUSTA Mainers needn’t be worried about losing the ability to use their state driver’s licenses to board commercial airplanes next month because the Department of Homeland Security is expected to let the state extend the deadline again, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap said Wednesday. The state’s current waiver expires on Oct. 10 for complying with […]

RICHMOND Friends of Merrymeeting Bay is organizing Swan Island tours this weekend by land and others by sea. They will be led by local historian, FOMB member and Friends of Swan Island President Jay Robbins. On Friday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friends of Merrymeeting Bay offers a tour of the island by truck […]

SOUTH PORTLAND (AP) — Officials in South Portland are using goats to help eliminate invasive weeds that have overrun a local park. WCSH-TV reports the parks and water resource departments unleashed the herd of goats at Yerxa Park Wednesday. Officials say they are trying to rid the park of Japanese Knotweed and other invasive plants […]

HALLOWELL (AP) — The Maine Lottery says it awarded more prizes in fiscal year 2018 than in any previous year. The agency is describing the fiscal year that just ended as the “best 12 months” in its history. It says records were set for sales, prizes, commissions to retailers and money transferred to the state. […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — More than $20 million in surplus tax revenues are flowing into Maine’s coffers. Maine Finance Commissioner Alec Porteous said the state’s revenues in July exceeded estimates by $20.8 million. Porteous said that’s thanks to growth in individual income tax, corporate income tax and sales and use tax. The monthly surplus was 11.5 […]