Thomas Bard pays more than $10,500 in restitution as well as a $1,000 fine, and serves 48 hours in jail, for the misdemeanor conviction.

The reconstruction of Lincoln Street is expected to affect traffic and will continue into November.

He developed marine-grade coated wire mesh that lasted far longer than the wood in traditional traps, then founded a company to manufacture the product and became an ardent supporter of the lobster industry.

The charges in D.C. could result in an even lengthier sentence than what Paul Manafort faces in Virginia.

John Brennan says on MSNBC that the president is 'drunk with power.'

Seth Carey, the Republican running for district attorney in Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties, testifies during his disciplinary hearing that he needs the coverage to pay for psychiatric treatment.

President Trump defends his former campaign chairman and criticizes – again – the entire investigation being carried out by special counsel Robert Mueller III.

Dr. Cathleen London, who has said she plans to run against Sen. Susan Collins in 2020, had conflicts with patients who were Trump supporters, according to a consent agreement that also spelled out flaws in her prescribing and record-keeping practices.

Maine’s senior senator says she won’t make up her mind until she meets with him next week and listens to his responses at his confirmation hearing.

Campaign and other posters can now be in public ways for 12 weeks a year, a benefit to some and a blight to others.

Analysts disagree on whether the ballot measure to fund home care would create a 'marriage penalty' for couples filing joint income tax returns.

The questions show the jury is quickly getting into the weeds of the sometimes complex tax laws at issue in the case.

Thursday marked the Dow's largest gain since April, the latest in a wild week for the market.

Dr. Cathleen London is placed on probation and prohibited from prescribing methadone.

One Republican member of the panel, a former state lawmaker, opposes the decision to release $3.5 million to Clean Elections candidates.

The Maine Heritage Policy Center finds that 71 percent of money spent for or against passage was contributed by out-of-staters.

A witness also testifies Wednesday that Republican Seth Carey had been diagnosed with ADHD and personality disorder.

The president wants to return to an era of sexism, racism and intolerance toward immigrants, he says.

The lira has lost 40 percent of its value this year in the country.

Trump's former campaign chairman faces 18 charges of bank fraud and lying to the IRS.

Mona Bector would say only that she is in transition, and a city spokeswoman has said she plans to provide information about Bector's employment status Thursday.

The president's spokeswoman says other former intelligence officials' security clearances are 'under review.'

Jones and his website had already been banned by many tech companies.

A transgender nominee advances in Vermont, while former two-term Minnesota Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty is beaten in the primary.

It marks an escalation of political spending in the closely watched race between Republican incumbent Bruce Poliquin and Democrat Jared Golden.

Republican Gov. Phil Scott will face Christine Hallquist after her historic victory in the Democratic primary.

U.S. and Mexican negotiators are working on a car deal that would involve Canada.

Dave Cullen's 'Parkland' will debut in February, the one-year anniversary of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

The former chairman of Trump's campaign is on trial for multiple financial charges.

Trump tweeted a barrage of insults for the second consecutive morning.

Dozens of contests could determine whether Democrats win the 23 seats they need to retake the House.

After 2 hours of public testimony, the Portland City Council votes to refer Councilor Pious Ali's proposal to a committee for additional work after several groups raise concerns about privacy and unintended consequences.

A bank executive testifies that a loan application by Manafort was initially rejected, then pushed through by the bank's chairman, who others have testified sought a plum job in the Trump administration.

The letters tout his record in Congress, but critics view them as re-election campaign materials sent at taxpayers' expense.

The agent was fired Friday even though earlier he had faced just a suspension.

Mainers can return their ballot in the mail or in person at their town hall.

Fewer than 40 supporters turn out for Jason Kessler, one of the organizers of last year's violent and deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

David Ige is almost guaranteed to win in the general election.

In his veto statement, Nick Isgro warns that such a referendum would invite "dark money funded influence peddlers" into the city.

The president also tweets about his record in lowering the unemployment rate among blacks and addressing criminal justice reform.

Chris Collins says he will suspend his campaign after being accused of insider trading.

A new Suffolk University poll, which shows a dead heat between Democrat Janet Mills and Republican Shawn Moody, found that female voters strongly prefer Mills over Moody, while male voters take the opposite position and back Moody over Mills.

Avoiding the impact of Trump could be a challenge, given the turmoil in national politics.

Michael Avenatti says he is seriously considering a bid in the Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses.

The Republican incumbent deems Democrat Jared Golden 'too radical.'

Moderate Republican senators such as Maine's Susan Collins, as well as a few Democrats, are signaling that they will back President Trump's second Supreme Court nominee.

In her forthcoming memoir, Omarosa Manigault Newman also said the president often used racial epithets on 'The Apprentice.'

Ethan Sonneborn did have to get his parents' written permission but the state has no age requirement for gubernatorial candidates.

Seth Carey's law license has been under interim suspension since April because of accusations of sexual abuse.

A mother and daughter were flown to El Salvador while a court hearing appealing their deportation was underway.

But some independents are against taking dark money – contributions from undisclosed donors – because they don't want to be influenced by outside special interest groups.

The panel, which is reviewing state use of federal welfare funds, votes to compel a DHHS witness to appear after the governor says 'no' because of 'the inevitable politics.'

The judge admits to jurors that he went overboard when he erupted on prosecutors for allowing an expert witness to remain in the courtroom during the trial.

'If Sessions won't unrecuse and Mueller won't clear the president, we're the only ones, which is really the danger,' said Nunes at a July 30 fundraiser.

Republican strategists wish that tax cuts 'got the pitch forks out' but they don't seem to move voters.

Councilors push back, saying the criticism is just the latest in divisive rhetoric from the Republican mayor.

Yet the Republican target of the fundraising campaign dropped out of the race, and the Democratic nominee calls the fundraising 'inappropriate' and 'divisive.'

Using technology to show a public official saying or doing something that looks real but is not, then spreading it on social media, would make it even harder for the public to know what is true.

In James Patterson, he had an ace collaborator.

The medication-assisted treatment offered in Biddeford by MaineHealth is one of eight locations in a program that will be move into Portland next year.

The governor previously called for lawmakers to first consider other bills important to him, but now says addressing the protective services problems can't wait.

I Russia does not agree to stop using chemical and biological weapons within 90 days and agree to let U.N. monitors conduct inspections, a punishing round of sanctions kicks in.

Rick Gates' 3 days on the stand created an extraordinary courtroom showdown between the two former Trump campaign aides who were indicted together.

The day after the election, Kobach who is secretary of state, has a narrow lead over current Gov. Jeff Colyer.

The two-term Democratic lawmaker from Westbrook and former teacher and coach is accused of inappropriate behavior with students.

Incumbent Angus King appears to hold a commanding lead in the Senate race, and health care emerges as the chief concern among the 500 Maine voters surveyed by a Boston university.

Chris Collins was an early supporter of President Trump.

Whitmer wins Democratic showdown in Michigan.

The Guatemalan youths separated from their families at the U.S. border get a tearful homecoming.

The city charter amendment would apply only to municipal elections and to residents who are in the country legally, but critics say the change would still violate state law.

The actress and TV personality who has publicly traded barbs with Trump joins an ongoing demonstration now into its third week.

The United States will impose 25 percent tariffs on $16 billion in goods starting on Aug. 23.

Companies should keep doing business with the nation, it says, even as the U.S. resumes sanctions.

Legislation under review in Congress would affect seating, overbooking, price transparency, extra fees, pilot training, disruptive passengers and more.

Treasurer Terry Hayes calls his letter an example of 'partisan B.S.,' and Attorney General Janet Mills' campaign says LePage should be 'focusing on fixing the failures of his administration.'

The aggressive questioning is aimed at shifting blame from Trump's former campaign manager onto Rick Gates, who pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with investigators by testifying in the financial fraud trial.

A judge ruled last week that the state had to make the funds available to candidates by 5 p.m. Tuesday.

He's facing a strong challenge from Democrat Danny O'Connor, even in a heavily Republican district.

Alan Caron, Terry Hayes, Janet Mills and Shawn Moody each believe they know how to remedy the flat job growth that the Department of Labor expects through 2026.

Gates testifies that he conspired with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to fake Manafort's tax returns, failed to report foreign bank accounts, and didn't register Manafort as a foreign agent.

That contradicts his past statements and is his most explicit declaration yet that his eldest son agreed to see the Kremlin-linked figures.

The employment data shows an economy that is as fractured as the political landscape ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.

That's exactly the kind of distrust the trollers of Maine politicians are looking to sow.

Maria Butina is accused of attempting to influence American politics by infiltrating groups like the National Rifle Association.

The Maine Republican Party and a campaign consultant for Bruce Poliquin scoff at the survey predicting a tight contest between the congressman and challenger Jared Golden.

The writer denounces the Republican representative as 'Maine's political version of Punxsutawney Phil.'

Secretary of State Matt Dunlap also releases thousands of pages of documents he received from the defunct commission under a court order.

Dillon Bates, a two-term Democratic lawmaker, coach and former teacher, was accused of inappropriate relationships with several students in a publication that cited anonymous sources. His lawyer says the allegations are untrue.

It began with a Trump quip, was nurtured on right-wing web forums and now has rabid believers and the visibility they seek.

On Twitter the president commends her statement, adding that only 'a large percentage' of journalists are the enemy.

It's the second time the Bank of England has made such a move since the financial crisis.

The women are part of a lobbying effort by Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, which sees Brett Kavenaugh's nomination as a threat to legal abortion.

Activists seek to rename Faneuil Hall, which was built in the 1740s on a site where slaves had been sold.

For Warden's Report, that means it can continue to expand its offerings in the state.

A newly released database of more than 3 million tweets from accounts orchestrated by Russia includes hundreds of messages mentioning Maine's Sen. Susan Collins, Gov. Paul LePage and Sen. Angus King between March 2015 and May 2018.

The focus is on Indian shop owner Apu, a staple of the long-running animated sitcom.

Sen. Collins came under fire particularly for her Affordable Care Act vote in 2017, when she was blasted with hundreds of critical tweets from a right-wing perspective.

Maine is one of a dozen states that have adopted California's tougher vehicle emissions standards, which could be eliminated under an EPA proposal announced Thursday.

The decision by Justice William Stokes follows a lawsuit against LePage for his refusal to sign a routine financial order allowing the money to go to Clean Election Act candidates.

Trump and Mueller have been at an impasse since spring when Mueller raised the threat of subpoenaing the president.

The president's lawyer comes to N.H. to endorse congressional candidate Eddie Edwards.

'Q' stands for QAnon, a supposed government insider with top security clearance who knows the real truth about the 'deep state' out to get President Trump.