AUGUSTA (AP) — The leader of the Maine National Guard has been promoted. Republican Gov. Paul LePage says Maine Adjutant General Douglas Farnham has been promoted from the rank of brigadier general to major general. LePage presided over Farnham’s promotion ceremony on Wednesday. Farnham leads 3,000 airmen and soldiers. He was promoted to brigadier general […]

OLD LYME, Connecticut (AP) — Interstate fishing managers are holding hearings in East Coast states about a plan to change the rules about one of the Atlantic Ocean’s most popular recreational fisheries. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is considering changing the way it manages the recreational black sea bass fishery. The commission says the […]

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — The superintendent of Oyster River Cooperative School District is being honored by his peers in New Hampshire. James Morse has been named Superintendent of the Year for 2018 by the New Hampshire School Administrators Association. District school board Chairman Thomas Newkirk says in good times and tough times, Morse always conveys […]

(AP) Acadia National Park is among 118 national parks nationwide that will offer fewer free entrance days amid budget challenges. After waiving entrance fees for 16 days in 2016 and 10 days in 2017, the National Park Service announced last month that it will have four no-cost days this year. The remaining national parks don’t […]

LEWISTON (AP) — A critically ill woman whose 11-year-old boy surprised her with free earrings and a necklace for Christmas has died while wearing his gift. The Sun Journal reports 45-year-old Michelle James succumbed to a flesh-eating bacteria Dec. 21. Staff at Day’s Jewelers in Auburn gave James’ son Kaden the jewelry for free 10 […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A new law that would restrict the use of synthetic pesticides in Maine’s largest city is coming up for a vote. The City Council is scheduled to vote on the proposed ordinance on Wednesday evening in Portland. The proposal would prohibit the use of synthetic pesticides on public and private property within […]

AUGUSTA A legislative panel on Wednesday considered a bill that would make signature-gathering at Maine polling places a crime. The bill includes a provision to prohibit exit polling, signature gathering, electioneering and charitable activities within 50 feet of the entrance to polling places. Lawmakers heard testimony on the bill at a committee hearing on Wednesday. […]