HARPSWELL The pier at Mitchell Field has been demolished — on time and under budget. That’s what Mark Eyerman, Harpswell’s town planner, said Wednesday, who said all that remains is to ensure that all debris have been removed from the seabed and from around Mitchell Field. “Reed & Reed, the town’s lead contractor, did a […]

LEWISTON When the Senate Intelligence Committee, on which U.S. Sen. Angus King serves, began investigating how the Russians interfered in the last U.S. presidential election, it focused mostly on computer hacking. But Maine’s junior senator no longer thinks that is the big issue. Instead, King said, he has come to believe “the most important part […]

Republican Shawn Moody and Democrat Janet Mills are locked in a dead heat in the Maine governor’s election, according to a new poll by Suffolk University in Boston. In the race for the U.S. Senate, incumbent Angus King, an independent, holds a commanding lead, with 52 percent saying they would vote for him if the […]

PORTLAND A regulatory board decided Wednesday that Maine’s baby eel fishery, the only one of its kind in the U.S. and one of the most lucrative fisheries in the country, will not be allowed to expand next year. Fishermen in Maine are allowed to harvest a total of 9,688 pounds of the elvers per year, […]

BUCKSPORT (AP) — Police in Maine say a groundhog that attacked a dog has tested positive for rabies. WGME-TV reports the groundhog charged at a dog near its owner’s home in Bucksport last week. Maine Centers for Disease Control biologist Eris Kilham says the animal’s carcass tested positive for rabies a day after the attack. […]