BUCKSPORT (AP) — A Maine-based investor says he’s building a salmon farm on the site of a former paper mill in Bucksport. Whole Oceans’ Rob Piasio of Yarmouth says Thursday he’s purchasing the site to raise Atlantic salmon in a land-based facility. It’s the second land-based salmon aquaculture operation announced for Maine in recent weeks. […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s marijuana implementation committee has voted to remove social clubs from the state’s Marijuana Legalization Act. The committee voted Wednesday to strip the adult-use bill of references to social club licensing. Committee members also rejected a measure that would allow the state to share marijuana tax revenues with municipalities that host licensed […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Lawmakers are requiring high school students, starting with this year’s freshmen class, to prove they truly understand the subjects they study before they can graduate, but they still haven’t worked out many details teachers need to prepare students. And legislators offered no clarity Wednesday, taking no action on a bill to delay […]

SACO — The City of Saco is submitting its newly revised comprehensive plan proposal to a state agency for final review.  A comprehensive plan guides public policy in areas including transportation, utilities, land use, recreation, natural resources, public facilities, and housing.  Saco’s comprehensive plan was last updated in 2011.  In October 2016, an effort for […]

SCARBOROUGH (AP) — Police in Maine say they are searching for a suspect who shot and killed a pregnant goat at a family dairy farm. The Scarborough Police Department said Thursday someone trespassed onto the farm’s property and shot the 5-year-old goat named Ava while the animal was sitting in a fenced-in pen over the […]