https://www.pressherald.com/news/localstate/page/6524

Local & State

Published
February 19, 2014

Maine-Nova Scotia ferry ticket sales still sitting in dry dock

The company running the new service isn’t allowed to sell tickets yet.
Published
February 18, 2014

State to Maine legislators: Let armed agents join inspections of licensed pot growers

An official says DHHS knows that some providers are breaking the law, so its workers need protection. But there’s an issue with warrantless searches.
Published
February 18, 2014

Mercury levels close mouth of Maine river to lobster, crab harvesting

The state says the closure on the Penobscot River, prompted by contamination found in lobsters, will last at least two years.
Published
February 18, 2014

LePage administration opposes change to Maine wind project evaluations

A Maine bill calls for restrictions to keep regulators from using criteria not specified by law to thwart turbine projects.
Published
February 18, 2014

Maine wind project wins support of conservation groups

They drop opposition after the company proposing the project creates a $700,000 land fund.

advertisement

Published
February 18, 2014

Emergency vehicles in Sanford damaged in slip-slide

While first responders look after a patient, a parked fire truck, cruiser and ambulance manage to crash into each other.
Published
February 18, 2014

Maine man gets prison time for stealing ‘71 Chevy Malibu

Police say the 63-year-old Boothbay Harbor man was free on federal supervised release when he drove the vehicle to Missouri.
Published
February 18, 2014

Ex-operator of Maine youth camp gets 40 years in child sex case

The Manchester, N.H., man was convicted in November of child sexual exploitation and possessing child porn.
Published
February 18, 2014

Mainer to compete in Paralympics in Sochi

Lindsay Ball will compete on the U.S. Paralympic Alpine Skiing Team in the giant slalom for the visually impaired.
Published
February 18, 2014

Tossed-out confession prompts Maine prosecutor to dismiss child arson case

In a second major blow to prosecutions in three fires in Lewiston last spring, the DA’s office decides it does not have enough evidence to make the case against Brody Covey.