AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine lawmakers are set to tackle bills to reform the state's services for children and individuals with disabilities.

WELD, Maine (AP) — A fire has leveled a storied general store that long served a Maine county.

The Sun Journal reports that one of the owners of the Weld General Store said he escaped early...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A memorial service will be held in Maine for a 21-year-old Marine corporal slain in South Carolina.

The service for Cpl. Tyler Wallingford, of Standish, is set for...

BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — Authorities say a pedestrian who was hit by a passenger train in Maine has died.

Biddeford Police said a southbound Amtrak train struck 42-year-old Dennis...

SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) — A Maine man convicted in 2012 of what was at the time the oldest cold case killing in the state has returned to court for an appeal.

KENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) — A tractor trailer full of soda was destroyed but no one was injured in a fire on the Maine Turnpike.

State police say the truck loaded with Coca Cola products was...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A woman charged with sending a threatening letter to the home of Maine U.S. Sen Susan Collins has been indicted and is scheduled to appear in federal court later this...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine legislative committee has given its blessing to a proposal to change the makeup of the state's wild blueberry commission.

GRAY, Maine (AP) — Melting snow and rain continue to raise the risk of flooding in parts of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.

The National Weather Service says several rivers will remain...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Gas prices continue to rise across northern New England, but they're still lower than a year ago.

The latest GasBuddy price reports show prices rose nearly eight cents...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Maine Department of Transportation and the Maine Turnpike Authority say signs with real-time traffic conditions are going to be ready in time for the summer travel...

ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) — School officials have managed repairs to a Maine elementary school where student medications were stolen during a break-in.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's legislative watchdog is set to review a potential lack of financial oversight over the state's system of providing legal services to the poor.

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (AP) — The University of Maine at Presque Isle is committed to green energy but not necessarily to replacing its wind turbine that caught fire a year ago.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — At least 14 Democrat and eight Republican lawmakers in Maine have gone on to register as paid lobbyists over the past three decades, a practice that is being targeted by a...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The owner of a home improvement company charged with manslaughter following the death of a worker is set for a court hearing.

Flood warnings are continuing along low-lying areas in parts of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont where rivers are overflowing with runoff from spring snowmelt and heavy rains.

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — A group of U.S. senators including Maine independent Sen. Angus King is introducing legislation designed to narrow the "digital divide" in the U.S.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A combination of warm weather, rain and melting snow was feeding floodwaters in low-lying areas of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine on Saturday.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine lawmakers want to take a closer look at increasing state funding for Maine's county jail.

The Bangor Daily News reports lawmakers have kicked back the issue until...

NEW VINEYARD, Maine (AP) — The White House Easter Egg Roll will once again feature colorful eggs made in Maine.

Maine Wood Concepts has created 100,000 wooden eggs featuring the president...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — It's a rite of spring in Maine: Paddlers are set to make their way down the Kenduskeag Stream.

Scores were participating in Saturday's Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race in...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Officials in Maine's capital say a malicious piece of software that froze the city's computer network and forced the closure of the Augusta City Center has been removed from...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — The troubled Bangor Mall has been sold for $12.6 million to three real estate investors.

The Bangor Daily News reported Friday that the sale price was confirmed by one...

BATH, Maine (AP) — A search is continuing for a Wisconsin man who fell into Maine's Kennebec River.

Officials say two witnesses saw David Henry Dieterich of Racine, Wisconsin, fall off an...

MASSACHUSETTS

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon on Friday kicked off a push for her proposal for paid leave for workers who contribute to a newly established fund, but Republicans and some...

ELLSWORTH, Maine (AP) — A laboratory company in Maine plans to hire 300 new workers and to increase its base wages over the next year.

Jackson Laboratory announced Wednesday that it will...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Augusta City Center in Maine's capital city will remain shut down until at least Monday because damage inflicted by a computer virus.

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — A popular hub for visitors to Acadia National Park is going to start charging for parking.

Bar Harbor, Maine, has set time limits on parking in much of the downtown...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Unemployment has ticked up in March in Maine but still remains low.

The Maine Department of Labor said Friday that the state's preliminary seasonally adjusted...

Expect a wet weekend with some minor or moderate flooding in parts of northern New England this weekend.

The National Weather Service says Vermont and parts of Maine and New Hampshire are...

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — U.S. Sen. Angus King of Maine says Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 elections shows many examples of "reckless" judgment by...

CARIBOU, Maine (AP) — A Mainer who's headed to the International Space Station says she's always dreamed of being in space and "seeing this giant blue ball below me."

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine could allow up to 12 weeks of paid family leave or 20 weeks of paid medical leave under a top Democrat's bill.

The Legislature's Labor and Housing Committee is...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A New England Patriots' Super Bowl trophy is heading to the Maine Statehouse.

Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills is set to welcome the Super Bowl LIII Lombardi trophy...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's capital city has been hit with a computer virus that was so bad it forced the closure of Augusta City Hall.

The Kennebec Journal reports that the virus brought...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Drug overdose deaths in Maine dropped 15% last year, but still account for about one death each day in the state, according to a report released Thursday.

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A Maine psychiatric hospital says the release of confidential information about 300 people receiving medication-assisted drug treatment to a newspaper was an "isolated"...

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed a warrant allowing the extradition of a man who is wanted in Alaska to face charges he sexually assaulted and killed a woman more than two...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine teachers unions and the state AFL-CIO want certain public employees to have the right to strike.

The Maine AFL-CIO and the Maine Education Association on...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine could expand its new voting system and allow voters to rank gubernatorial and legislative candidates from first to last on November ballots.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's Democratic governor is set to deliver remarks at the groundbreaking of a new veterans home.

Gov. Janet Mills is scheduled to deliver remarks on Thursday...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine could source more prescription drugs at a lower cost from Canada under a leading Democrat's bills.

Maine Public reports Democratic Senate President Troy Jackson's...

BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — The University of New England says it will freeze employee salaries to minimize further tuition hikes.

The Portland Press Herald reports that the University of New...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Democratic legislator wants to declare a song about Maine's most renowned Civil War soldiers as the official state ballad.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A bill that would ensure certain employees earn paid time off in Maine is gaining bipartisan support in the Legislature.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Officials in Maine have announced a formal quarantine to slow the spread of a beetle that has killed hundreds of millions of ash trees since its discovery in North...