BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Town councilors on Bar Harbor have approved an agreement to lease a former ferry terminal to the company that left the property nearly a decade ago.

The council voted 7-0 Tuesday to allow the town manager to sign a lease agreement with Atlantic Fleet Services, a ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine forestry officials say they have received several calls this fall about swarms of a potentially bothersome bug that congregates in large numbers.

The pest in question is the boxelder bug, which feeds on leaves, flowers and seed pods of boxelder trees and other ...

WESTBROOK, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree says she won’t rank candidates this fall when she votes in the three-way race for her seat.

The incumbent made the comments during a WMTW-TV congressional candidate forum Wednesday. Her Republican challenger, Mark ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A lawsuit that claims a Maine lobster wholesaler’s partner embezzled over $1.5 million has added new defendants and moved to federal court.

The Portland Press Herald

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The University of Southern Maine barred from teaching a retired professor who organized a one-credit course for students to protest Republican Sen. U.S. Susan Collins in Washington as she considered then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

University president ...

DAMARISCOTTA, Maine (AP) _ The First Bancorp Inc. (FNLC) on Wednesday reported third-quarter earnings of $5.9 million.

The Damariscotta, Maine-based bank said it had earnings of 55 cents per share.

The bank posted revenue of $21.1 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest ...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Maine power companies are close to restoring power in the wake of a damaging wind storm, but are warning customers that more disruptive weather is on the way.

The Tuesday storm cut power to more than 60,000 homes and businesses that rely on Central Maine Power. Emera ...

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Police officers in New Hampshire and Maine are putting down their razors to raise money for children’s advocacy groups.

The Portsmouth Herald

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine officials say the state psychiatric hospital in Augusta was found to be in “substantial compliance” for participation with Medicare after a federal review.

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday it received notification of compliance ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A new task force has formed to discuss conservation strategies in Maine once Gov. Paul LePage leaves office.

The Portland Press Herald

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A Maine man has admitted he threatened four U.S. Navy instructors with a pistol near a remote military base in northwestern Maine.

U.S. Attorney Halsey Frank said Monday that 32-year-old Justin Woods pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault charges in connection with the ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The price of heating oil continues to climb steadily in Maine even as global crude oil prices have fallen.

The Governor’s Energy Office said on Tuesday the average statewide cash price is now $2.99, which is 3 cents higher than a week ago. It’s also up from $2.21 per ...

SACO, Maine (AP) — Police say that a 59-year-old man injured in a motorcycle crash has died.

Police say that Buxton resident Lee Pratt was operating a motorcycle that collided with a car at the intersection of Buxton and Jenkins roads in Saco on the evening of Oct. 3.

Police say ...

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Maine police say a 67-year-old bicyclist who collided with a car earlier this month has died.

The Bangor Daily News reports Lisa ...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Bangor police say an officer shot a man while responding to a report of a domestic disturbance.

The Bangor Daily News

Utility crews are making progress in restoring power after gusts topping 40 mph overnight caused widespread power outages across Maine.

At the peak, Central Maine Power reported more than 60,000 homes and businesses were in the dark Tuesday morning. Emera Maine reported more than 10,000 ...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Shawn Moody says if elected, he intends to keep his stake in his companies and real estate.

Property records show Moody’s real estate is worth $14.8 million, while an August U.S. Department of Labor

As expected, Maine’s federal incumbents report outraised and outspent competitors with just a few weeks to go before the Nov. 6 election.

Federal campaign finance reports say Independent U.S. Sen. Angus King spent about $654,000 between July and September. King reports a $2.3 million ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The alma mater of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins says it has no plans to rescind an honorary degree it awarded the Maine Republican despite requests from alumni and faculty.

Hundreds of St. Lawrence University alumni who opposed the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Brett ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine’s capital say a 50-pound piglet that wore itself out dodging traffic after escaping has been safely returned home.

Augusta police say they found the piglet Saturday after receiving reports of the hog running wild. The Kennebec Journal

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Public Health Association is using its annual conference to focus on the problem of addiction in the state.

The conference is taking place all day on Tuesday at the Augusta Civic Center in the state’s capital city. The event is the only statewide public ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — President Donald Trump has tapped a Maine official who battled Medicaid expansion for a position that puts her in charge of the national program, the federal agency confirmed Monday.

Mary Mayhew’s role of deputy administrator and director of the U.S. Center for ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A judge has spared a 77-year-old man from going to prison for his role in an illegal sports gambling business in Maine.

William Flynn, who pleaded guilty in June, was sentenced Monday to two years of probation. Part of that includes 90 days of home ...

Democratic challenger Jared Golden raised five times more money in the most recent quarter than Republican Rep. Bruce Poliquin, but the incumbent has a large cash advantage entering the final stretch of the campaign.

Golden, the state representative from Lewiston, brought in $2.7 million ...

SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) — Police say a New Hampshire man is charged with physically abusing a 2-year-old girl in Maine.

Twenty-five-year-old Cody Swanson was arrested Friday and charged with aggravated assault.

Police say the child’s mother told first responders Thursday her daughter ...

NEW GLOUCESTER, Maine (AP) — Dozens of volunteers have stepped up to help the nation’s only Shaker community in Maine after vandals damaged a hayfield.

The Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester says close to 40 people from as far away as Georgia replaced upturned sod, filled in ...

HALLOWELL, Maine (AP) — Regulators are giving Mainers another chance to weigh in on a proposed hydropower project.

Maine’s Public Utilities Commission will hold a third public hearing Wednesday in Hallowell. The commission’s examiners’ report on the project is set for release Dec. ...

CALAIS, Maine (AP) — A Maine man who’s creating a monument to a Penobscot Nation baseball star says he’s received a $10,000 donation from the Cleveland Indians.

Ed Rice, director of Louis Sockalexis Monument Fund, said the 8-foot bronze sculpture in Maine is estimated to cost between ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — It was a classic case of a ham on the lam.

Police in Maine’s capital city are looking for the owner of a 50-pound piglet that wore itself out while dodging traffic Saturday evening after ...

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (AP) — Supporters say a 320-mile bike route in Maine could boost tourism in northern Maine.

The Bangor Daily News

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The nation’s largest producer of fresh eggs is buying a Texas egg producer.

Cal-Maine Foods of Jackson, Mississippi, announced Wednesday that it would buy Featherland Egg Farms.

Featherland has 600,000 egg-laying hens and a feed mill and other facilities near ...

CALAIS, Maine (AP) — Maine is developing a new framework to assist with student mental health needs through collaboration between providers of education and health.

The Maine Department of Education says the initiative is called Maine-AWARE, which stands for Advancing Wellness and ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Legislation backed by Maine’s two senators that is designed to protect songwriters has been signed into law.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King both supported the Music Modernization Act, which is now law. The bill is meant to ensure that ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Northern and Down East Maine are moving past this fall’s peak foliage, while the rest of the state is just starting to get there.

The Maine Office of Tourism says the state has reached the part of autumn in which it’s “ablaze with color.” It says most of the state’s ...

KINGSTON, R.I. (AP) — Kenny Doak kicked a 39-yard field goal as time expired to lift Maine to a wild 38-36 win over Rhode Island on Saturday, the Black Bears’ 12th straight in the 97-game series that dates to 1911.

The Black Bears (4-2, 3-0 Colonial Athletic Association) went 54 yards in ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republicans and Democrats in Maine both say the fight over the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court has lit a fire under the voter base in advance of next month’s elections.

Maine’s Republican Sen. Susan Collins cast a vote in support of Kavanaugh that ...

OAKLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine town says it will refund a homeowner $1,110 after mistakenly overcharging him for sewer bills for eight years.

The Kennebec Journal

SACO, Maine (AP) — A court has ruled a small district must pay tuition for students who choose to attend a local private school.

Journal Tribune reports the Maine Superior ...