BATH Two hundred years ago, thousands of Atlantic salmon traveled up Maine’s rivers to lay their eggs each fall. Now, Atlantic salmon are endangered, and there are very few places where they are found in the state. The Kennebec and Sheepscot Rivers are both important places for Maine’s salmon. Learn about this endangered fish and […]

BRUNSWICK — Mid Coast–Parkview Health President and CEO Lois Skillings will speak on recent changes in healthcare on a national and local level Aug. 20 at noon at People Plus. The event is free and open to the public, call (207) 729-0757 to register. “Lois will give her perspective on the state of healthcare, as […]

BATH — Maine’s First Ship is celebrating the end of its season with a Full Moon Dinner at 5 p.m. Aug. 26 at the Bath Freight Shed. This year’s dinner features Chef Jenn Legnini of Turtle Rock Farm in Brunswick, and music by Ben Betts from Boothbay Harbor. The event is a fund-raiser for Maine’s […]

A box truck carrying 35 barrels of bait fish tipped over Thursday morning on Route 1 in Newcastle, disrupting traffic and leaving that section of the busy highway covered with smelly fish for more than three hours. The Lincoln County Sheriff s Office said in a prepared statement that the truck, owned by Purse Line […]

AUGUSTA Maine’s ethics commission said Thursday that it will release up to $3 million in public campaign funds that lawmakers set aside this year for one gubernatorial candidate and over 200 legislative candidates. The commission voted 3-1 Thursday to release the money, which has been held up by a typo in a budget law passed […]

FRYEBURG (AP) — The Maine Forest Service is searching for the person or people responsible for dumping a large amount of trash on a gravel road. The Kennebec Journal reports the trash was found on a wooded portion of Clay Road in Fryeburg this week. The trash included cardboard boxes and plastic waste. No arrests […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The Democratic Socialists of America is endorsing Zak Ringelstein in his bid to unseat popular independent Sen. Angus King in Maine. The public school teacher is the only major-party Senate candidate in the nation to be a dues-paying democratic socialist. And he’s the first Senate candidate to earn a DSA endorsement this […]

ELLSWORTH (AP) — The rules governing Maine’s sea urchin harvesting industry will stay mostly the same in the coming season. The Maine Department of Marine Resources Advisory Council met Tuesday to set terms for the urchin fishing season, which runs September to March. The council decided to allow fishermen on the western coast to fish […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine Chief Justice Leigh Saufley says it’s a “tragedy” that judges face a lack of sentencing options when it comes to teen offenders. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court this week upheld a Skowhegan teenager’s confinement at the Long Creek Youth Development Center but Saufley decried the fact that the judge faced only […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A doctor who plans to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins in 2020 has been reprimanded by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine. The board announced it’s entering into a consent decree with Dr. Cathleen London that places her on probation and prohibits her from prescribing the opioid addiction treatment drug Methadone. […]