LEWISTON (AP) — The Lewiston City Council has approved an agreement that will give a local redevelopment effort at least three more years for completion. The agreement gives developer Tom Platz exclusive rights to purchase a 350,000- square-foot building owned by the city for $1, but leaves the door open for another developer to take […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine ethics commissioners say they won’t investigate a once anonymous website owned by a state Republican official. The Bangor Daily News reports the state’s ethics commission voted 3-2 on Thursday against launching an investigation of a website that published articles Democrats said slandered their unsuccessful Lewiston mayoral candidate. Maine Republican Party Executive […]

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 said 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. […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The federal government is taking comments from the public about a plan to try to better manage a piece of the scallop fishery that has been a source of conflict in recent years. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is looking to tweak the scallop fishing rules in the Northern Gulf of […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s proposal to add an annual fee on electric and hybrid cars has divided Democrats and Republicans. The Portland Press Herald reports a legislative panel voted 6-5 Thursday along party lines in favor of killing the bill. The LePage administration’s proposed legislation would tack on a $250 fee […]

ELLSWORTH (AP) — A high school student in Maine accused of threatening a school shooting in posts on an online gaming site has been arrested. Ellsworth schools Superintendent Daniel Higgins says the threat did not reference a specific school, but the website’s host provided the FBI with an IP address that led to an Ellsworth […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The deadline for Maine electric customers to take advantage of expiring solar incentives has been moved up. Solar panels installed by March 16 will be eligible under old “net metering” policies that provide homeowners with credits on their electricity bills for any excess solar energy produced. After that, credits for new systems […]

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A maintenance worker has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman at an assisted living facility in New Hampshire. Portsmouth police say 43- year-old Carlos Cruz, of Berwick, was arrested Tuesday on a warrant for charges of burglary, sexual assault and attempted aggravated sexual assault. Police say Cruz is accused of […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Some Maine lawmakers are trying to revive an effort to ban bump stocks in the state, but others say moves at the federal level may make it unnecessary. President Donald Trump has directed the Justice Department to work toward a nationwide ban on the devices, which allow semiautomatic weapons to mimic machine […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s marijuana implementation committee has voted to remove social clubs from the state’s Marijuana Legalization Act. The Portland Press Herald reports 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 […]