BRUNSWICK The Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust has announced the sixth annual Tom Settlemire Community Garden Winter Gardening Workshop Series, which will be held on six Sunday afternoons throughout the winter at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Brunswick. The series is appropriate for gardeners with all levels of experience. Experts from across Maine will offer presentations on […]

AUGUSTA The tens of thousands of Mainers relying on free online open burn permits are breaking the law, Maine Forest Service Director Doug Denico said Tuesday. Denico said the private systems some rely on to avoid a $7 charge for a permit issued by the state fail to meet statutory requirements. As a result, he […]

(AP) More than a week of extreme cold in northern New England is going to give way briefly, but the warming temperature is going to be accompanied by a howling snowstorm. Justin Arnott of the National Weather Service says the snow will arrive Thursday, with 3 to 6 inches projected on the New Hampshire coast […]

LEWISTON (AP) — A Maine high school will be closed for a day because a student threatened a shooting. Lewiston High School will be closed Wednesday after school officials received a threat on social media Tuesday evening. Superintendent Bill Webster says the student who made the threat is in custody, and the threat was believed […]

DIXFIELD (AP) — Officials say a western Maine man is in the hospital after a kitchen fire left him with burns over nearly half his body. Firefighters say they were on the scene Tuesday night in Dixfield, and victim Richard Roberts had to be airlifted to an area hospital. Firefighter Chris Morretto says he was […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A landlord convicted following a fatal Maine fire is appealing his case to the state’s highest court and has less than a week to file a brief. Gregory Nisbet was convicted of code violations stemming from the November 2014 fire, which was the deadliest in the state in decades and killed six […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine is auctioning off 10 of its coveted moose permits for next fall’s hunting season. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries And Wildlife says it will give the permits to applicants who submit the highest bids. The moose hunt happens in the fall every year and is limited to hunters who win […]

AMITY (AP) — A Canadian company has purchased 120 acres in Maine and plans to lease an additional 1,000 acres as part of an industrial hemp operation. The Portland Press Herald reports Future Farm Technologies’ operation in Amity will overshadow all of the state’s current licensed hemp farms. While the company has not responded to […]