AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Legislature is back to the drawing board on rules for implementing retail sales of marijuana. Lawmakers who’re trying once again to sort out details of the voter-approved law legalizing recreational marijuana are holding a public hearing Monday afternoon in Augusta. Recreational marijuana use became legal for adults last year, but […]

ELLSWORTH (AP) — Police say the body of an Ellsworth man was found a short distance from the spot where his car got stuck during last week’s powerful storm. Police say 54-year-old Paul Bouffard’s body was found on Friday. Police say his car became lodged in a snowbank, after which he left the car and […]

ST. GEORGE (AP) — Officials say the body of a clammer who disappeared during last week’s blizzard has been found. The Maine Marine Patrol says 35-year-old Paul Benner went missing after he headed out Thursday at the end of the storm to dig for clams to make some extra money. The search by air and […]

BANGOR (AP) — The two New York men convicted in a shooting that left one person dead and another wounded in Bangor, Maine, are going to prison. A judge sentenced Thomas Ferguson to 50 years in prison and Robert Hansley to 40 years in prison during separate hearings on Monday. Law enforcement officials say 38-year-old […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Police in Portland are investigating a death they say is suspicious. Police say the body of 36- year-old Sokha Khuon was discovered on Sunday night in a house in the Riverton section of the city that she shared with her husband and two children. Police say they responded to the home after […]

SCARBOROUGH (AP) — A local company has completed its purchase of the Scarborough Downs track in Maine. Cross Roads Holdings announced Monday it bought the 480-acre property for $6.7 million last week. The property went under contract in October. Cross Roads says it will convert the property into a town center with housing and shopping, […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A top aide to Republican Maine Gov. Paul LePage who has been with the governor since his first campaign for the office is stepping down. LePage says chief of staff John McGough resigned on Monday to take a job with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. McGough has been LePage’s […]