PORTLAND (AP) — Maine has largely avoided $28 million in federal penalties by making sure enough welfare recipients are working, according to a Sept. 25 letter obtained by The Associated Press from Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration to lawmakers. Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s administration told lawmakers last week that Maine now only faces $1.8 million […]

Feds asked to take action to prevent herring overfishing BOSTON (AP) — Fishing managers in New England are asking the federal government to take action to try to reduce the possibility of overfishing in the herring fishery. Herring is an important small fish on the East Coast, and recent assessments of the stock show that […]

Lisbon — Lisbon’s town council approved moving forward with a $300,000 grant that will help spruce up the village area. In June the town learned it had been awarded the Community Development Block Grant. Funds can be used for sidewalk and landscape improvements, or to improve lighting and drainage. A plan for the face lift is […]

FREEPORT (AP) — Outdoors retailer L.L. Bean is providing $1 million to a campaign to create parks. The Trust for Public Land has set a goal of ensuring there’s a quality park that’s within a 10-minute walk of every person in the U.S. regardless of background, income or zip code. The partnership will fund five […]

BRUNSWICK — As Brunswick’s Shelter Task Force continues to iron out definitions and rules surrounding homeless shelters in the town’s zoning, another winter is fast approaching. Tedford Housing is left in a holding pattern until the town decides on its new rules, according to Executive Director Craig Phillips. “The existing facility will have to work as best it can,” […]

BATH — Independent Congressional candidate Marty Grohman released an ad Monday attacking incumbent Democrat Chellie Pingree over her past votes on national defense legislation. “Bath Iron Works and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard are two of the biggest employers in our district,” Grohman says in the ad. “It’s critical that Maine’s representatives strongly support the (National Defense Authorization […]

Lisbon — Town officials now have a timeline for when they expect to roll out new rules regulating medical marijuana storefronts in town. Town Councilors enacted a 6-month moratorium at the beginning of September, citing a need for more information and a need for more time to decide where medical marijuana operations should be allowed and […]