SOUTH PORTLAND — A $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation will fund a five-year, statewide initiative by Southern Maine Community College and several other Maine institutions that aims to revolutionize the understanding of ocean ecosystems and management of marine resources. The grant to the University of Maine in Orono and the Bigelow Laboratory […]

AUGUSTA — Maine’s attorney general says it will be easier for him to investigate and prosecute illegal robocallers in his state because of a new agreement with phone companies. Attorney General Aaron Frey says he joined a coalition of 51 attorneys general and 12 phone companies with a goal of fighting the annoying robocalls. He says the […]

BIARRITZ, France (AP) — Under the threatening clouds of a global economic slowdown, President Donald Trump is confronting the consequences of his preference to go it alone, with low expectations that the leaders of the richest democracies can make substantive progress on an array of issues at their summit in France. The meeting of the […]

SCARBOROUGH — SeedMoney, a Scarborough-based nonprofit, is offering 255 grants to schools, community gardens, food banks and other nonprofit causes interested in starting or sustaining a food garden project. Over the past four years, SeedMoney has helped over 1,100 garden projects in Maine, nationally and internationally to take root. Some of its local recipients include […]