Maine is now the host of a number of problematic invasive insect species, including the emerald ash borer, which can decimate an ash tree in a matter of a couple years, and browntail moth, which has hairs poisonous to people, to the winter moth and hemlock woolly adelgid which are spreading rapidly up the coast […]

BRUNSWICK — SaviLinx, LLC call center is hiring 178 seasonal contact center agents for its Brunswick Landing facility. In a statement, SaviLinx said positions would pay $17.15 and up and were touted as a way to “help federal employees and retired military and their families navigate their insurance options during the open season period.” Its […]

LISBON — Lisbon Parks and Recreation will offer a Zumba program Mondays and Wednesdays from 6-7 p.m. The cost of this class is $25 for six visits, The class is instructed by Casey Levesque Alves. The department is also offering a step/circuit exercise class taught by Linn Morin. This will be a five-week session from […]

BURNHAM (AP) — Officials say a U.S. Customs and Border Protection airplane crashed close to an airport in Maine, injuring both crew members. The single-engine Cessna 206 crashed late Wednesday while making an emergency landing near the Pittsfield Municipal Airport. State Police spokesman Steve McCausland says one of the two crew members called 911 to […]

PORTLAND Maine’s top court Thursday left questions about the constitutionality of voter-approved Medicaid question unsettled as it told the LePage administration to start rolling out voter-approved Medicaid expansion as a legal battle continues. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court dismissed the LePage administration’s appeal of court orders requiring the state to file paperwork to seek federal […]

PORTLAND Two common diseases, avian flu and distemper, may be to blame for a rash of seal deaths that caused dozens of them to wash ashore in Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts in the biggest die-off of seals since 2011, federal scientists said Thursday. Preliminary tests on the first batch of samples indicate the seals […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The University of Southern Maine is considering a name change to attract more students. USM President Glenn Cummings said in a letter to the school community that he was thinking about a name that would enhance the university’s reputation. Cummings noted that the consideration “is only an exploration.” Executive Director of Public […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A Portland bus system is expanding into Gorham and adding a line across Westbrook. The Portland Press Herald reports Portland Metro will launch the new services next week. Federal grants covered over three-quarters of the $4.5 million expansion while local payments from Portland, Westbrook and Gorham covered the rest. The new 11-mile […]

MACHIAS (AP) — A University of Maine at Machias professor has filed a lawsuit against his union citing a recent Supreme Court decision that allowed employees to leave a union over political disagreements. The Bangor Daily News reports 61-year-old Jonathan Reisman filed his lawsuit against the union, the Machias campus and the University of Maine […]

HOWLAND (AP) — Maine State Police say a truck driver hauling water along Interstate 95 was shot at and robbed by two highwaymen. The trucker says he was driving in Howland Tuesday when two men in a red sedan shot at his truck while they were passing him. Troopers say both vehicles then stopped, and […]