Scallops are among the most valuable and beloved seafood items in the U.S., and a group of Maine firms believes that farming them might be a way of keeping up with increasing demand. The Atlantic sea scallop is a New England mainstay, but unlike oysters and mussels, they’re almost exclusively harvested from the wild on […]

AUGUSTA — A Winslow man had been inhaling Dust-Off, a compressed-air cleaning product, just before crashing his car into a Halifax Street house in January, a prosecutor said. Marc A. Ouellette, 49, pleaded guilty Thursday at the Capital Judicial Center to three misdemeanor charges related to the Jan. 31 crash: operating under the influence; driving to endanger; […]

BIDDEFORD — Anthony Catalfano, a Hall of Fame interior designer and the author of Embellished Spaces, a 2018 book on home and interior design, will host Timeless Design: An Evening of Fabric, Design & Décor on Tuesday, Sept. 11 at Vinegar Hill Music Theatre in Arundel. Proceeds from the event will benefit SMHC’s Cardiac and Vascular […]

SACO — Maine Woodworks Lead Casegoods Assembler Arturo Rodriguez Leyenda bent over an upturned table at the warehouse, intently focused on screwing pieces together. Leyenda came to work at Maine Woodworks in Saco after he decided to close his own business when the last recession hit. He, like others at the warehouse at 90 Industrial […]