AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — About 305,000 Maine homeowners are due to receive at least $100 from the state in direct property tax relief.

State Treasurer Henry Beck says his office has begun...

CUMBERLAND, Maine (AP) — A high school cross-country athlete who competes in a wheelchair has the green light to participate in a regional meet after originally being barred from...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Portland City Council has voted to ban the sale and distribution of plastic straws.

The first phase of the ban starts in April 2020. Patrons will have to request a...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Federal prosecutors dismissed a felony charge against a Guatemalan who was arrested after coming to the attention of Border Patrol agents for speaking Spanish in public in a...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Department of Corrections says policies and practices have been revised to prevent another case like that of an inmate placed into solitary confinement for 22...

OXFORD, Maine (AP) — Retired Air Force Gen. Jonathan Treacy is withdrawing his bid to try to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.

The Democrat from Oxford on Tuesday cited the "vast...

RICHMOND, Maine (AP) — State police in Maine say the death of a 48-year-old man in his home was a homicide and is under investigation.

Detectives began investigating the discovery of Andrew...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Amtrak says it wants community input on expanding service in Maine.

Amtrak's Downeaster passenger rail service asks for public input on if an expansion of its Portland...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine law enforcement officers have written up several hundred motorists for violating a law that prohibits motorists from using hand-held electronic devices.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The state of Maine has adopted a symbol that'll be used on marijuana products sold for adult consumption.

The Maine Office of Marijuana Policy partnered with the...

BIDDEFORD, Maine (AP) — Maine has terminated a contract with a company that provides services to individuals with developmental disabilities after the death of a client.

ALFRED, Maine (AP) — A woman charged with murdering her former husband in front of their young children has been sentenced to 32 years in prison, the maximum under a plea agreement.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A high school activist's comment about rape posted on a bathroom mirror represents constitutionally protected free speech — and punishing her would discourage young victims...

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Former Republican Gov. Paul LePage has endorsed a former state representative over his former press secretary and another candidate in the Republican primary in Maine's 2nd...

BELFAST, Maine (AP) — A yacht that was once used by American presidents is scheduled to dock at a Maine harbor.

WABI-TV reports the 104-foot (32-meter) yacht Sequoia is expected to arrive in...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Central Maine Power and Emera Maine are still mopping up a handful of outages caused by a nor'easter last week.

CMP reported Monday morning that about 400 homes and...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Gas prices have stayed about the same in northern New England.

The latest GasBuddy price reports show the average price of gas in Vermont is down less than penny in the...

ELLSWORTH, Maine (AP) — Maine is holding lotteries for licenses to participate in one of the most lucrative fisheries in the state.

The state is home to a near-shore scallop fishery that was...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine is expected to begin making the case that a school district in the state should not have suspended a student over activism about...

MONTVILLE, Maine (AP) — Game wardens in Maine say they're investigating a fatal crash involving an all-terrain passenger vehicle in a small town west of Belfast.

BELFAST, Maine (AP) — A Maine organization that focuses on rehabilitation of criminal offenders will receive more than $900,000 from the federal government to support its work.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A group representing Maine's lobstermen says it's now willing to work with the federal government on a plan to protect right whales after withdrawing its support for the...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine utility says most of the remaining few thousand people still without power in the wake of a strong storm will be back online soon.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine children's museum has sold its downtown Portland building to help clear the way for a move into a new space.

The Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine sold the...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — It's a boom year for acorns in Maine, where parks and lawns are covered in the squirrel-attracting nuts.

The bumper crop of acorns is the result of a phenomenon that...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Stephen Calvert threw for five touchdowns and passed the 10,000-yard passing mark for his career and Liberty beat Maine 59-44 on Saturday.

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Portland Press Herald, The Ellsworth American, York County Coast Star and Maine Sunday Telegram have won top honors in their divisions in the Maine Press...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A man who spent the last 16 years living in Maine has pleaded not guilty in connection to a pair of rapes in Massachusetts more than 20 years ago.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A teenager charged with the murder of a 47-year-old Litchfield woman has reached a plea deal.

Seventeen-year-old William Smith was one of three teenagers charged in the...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — There's still time to catch a glimpse of peak foliage conditions in coastal Maine.

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry says most of the state...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Thousands of people remain without power in Maine in the aftermath of a strong autumn storm.

Utilities Central Maine Power and Emera Maine reported on Saturday morning...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's fall hunting season is heading into one of its busiest stretches as it will soon be legal to hunt deer and moose.

GARDINER, Maine (AP) — A bridge in central Maine will be shut down for two weeks while it is being replaced.

The Maine Department of Transportation says work to replace the Maine Avenue...

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SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — A Maine man accused of stabbing a teenager at a high school soccer game has accepted a conditional plea deal that will result in a misdemeanor conviction.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is congratulating fellow Caribou native Jessica Meir on participating in the first all-female spacewalk at the International Space...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A proposed change to the law in Maine would make it more difficult to establish aquaculture operations at a time when the state's fish and shellfish farming business is...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine is still cleaning up from a nor'easter that caused a lot of tree and power line damage.

Over 100,000 customers were still without power as of late Friday...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Officials in Maine say a type of beetle that's killed hundreds of millions of ash trees since its discovery in North America has been found on a trap in Portland.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Department of Labor says the state's unemployment rate for September is unchanged from August at 2.9%.

ORONO, Maine (AP) — The University of Maine's manufacturing center is upgrading its equipment and facilities as part of a drive to bring new kinds of industry to the state.

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine (AP) — The federal government's providing money for a project to upgrade aging sewer infrastructure in one of Maine's coastal communities.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine residents will decide the fate of a new state law that eliminates religious and philosophical exemption for childhood vaccines in the state.

BOSTON (AP) — A record-breaking autumn storm plunged hundreds of thousands of people into the dark, toppled trees, canceled schools and delayed trains in the Northeast, while persistent winds...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host a public hearing on Central Maine Power Co.'s planned transmission line at the request of U.S. Rep. Jared Golden.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Boston Celtics' purchase of a minor league affiliate in Maine is unlikely to bring major changes to the Portland team.

CARIBOU, Maine (AP) — A man charged in connection with the deaths of two men in northern Maine has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Thirty-eight-year-old Bobby Nightingale is being held on...

CUMBERLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine high school athlete is trying to prove to officials how he will maneuver the course with his wheelchair at a meet later this month.