BELFAST — State legislators came to Belfast on Monday to find out what is working in the midcoast city, which is enjoying a period of downtown revitalization. Members of the Joint Select Committee on Maine’s Workforce and Economic Future first toured the Front Street Shipyard, a major new employer that has put down roots on […]

MACHIASPORT (AP) — A Machiasport man has been sentenced to a year in prison for sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl he was babysitting. WABI-TV reported that 23-year-old Kyle Howard was sentenced Monday on a charge of unlawful sexual contact. Prosecutors said he abused the girl while he was taking care of her at her house […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A former Maine man charged with making secret video recordings of teenage girls while they were undressed has been ordered held on $25,000 bail. Michael Femling of Billings, Mont., pleaded not guilty Monday in Portland to 30 counts of violation of privacy and four counts of visual sexual aggression against a child. […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A public hearing is being held this week on a proposed law that would outlaw small lead sinkers and jigs. Democratic Sen. Anne Haskell of Portland is sponsoring a bill that would prohibit the sale or use of lead sinkers or jigs weighing 1 ounce or less or measuring 2 ½ inches […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — With mud season around the corner, Maine officials are urging so-called “mudders” to use caution and common sense this spring. Officials say this is the time of year when drivers of four-wheel-drive pickups and other vehicles look for muddy roads and fields where they can slip, slide and spin their wheels. Forest […]

AUGUSTA — The contentious issue of whether to open the St. Croix River watershed to sea-run alewives drew more than six hours of impassioned testimony Monday during a public hearing before the Legislature’s Marine Resources Committee. The hearing centered on two pieces of proposed legislation related to alewife restoration in the St. Croix River watershed. […]

ROCKLAND — A Superior Court judge approved a $1 million attachment against family members who run a Rockland contractor business after the bank that loaned them $10 million claimed the individuals had been improperly diverting money. The diversions allegedly include the transfer of $1.3 million outside the country to pay for construction of a villa […]

AUGUSTA — The Blaine House will remain in state hands after a legislative committee’s unanimous rejection Monday of legislation that proposed to sell the governor’s mansion. Opposition to the concept on the Legislature’s state and local government committee was so complete Monday that it took the unusual move of going directly from the public hearing […]