PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Work has started to fix a lift bridge between New Hampshire and Maine that had gotten stuck and caused traffic problems along the seacoast. The work could take up to two days. Conditions weren’t optimal: Workers started at 7 a.m. Thursday in subzero weather. By noon, it got up to 12 […]

The National Weather Service says a wind chill warning issued for the north and east of the state remains in effect Thursday. The predicted high for northern Piscataquis County, including Baxter State Park and Chamberlain Lake, is six degrees below zero. Winds gusting up to 20 miles per hour could make it feel 45 below. […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Witnesses in the trial of a Portland handyman have described a pattern of exorbitant charges and shoddy work. The Maine Attorney General’s Office of Consumer Protection has sued Daniel Tucci. According to a civil complaint, the state identified nearly $236,000 in losses among 13 customers, ranging from $175 to a botched basement […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — State energy regulators have voted to approve, with conditions, a plan to develop a $120 million wind turbine demonstration project off Maine’s coast. The Maine Public Utilities Commission voted 2-1 Thursday for the proposal to put four, three-megawatt wind turbines on floating spar-buoy structures tethered to the seabed in 460 feet of […]

WATERVILLE (AP) — Police have tracked down a Belgrade man they say spent thousands of dollars of counterfeit cash in the Waterville area in the past few weeks. Jeremy McCaslin was charged this week with aggravated forgery for allegedly printing and spending phony bills. Waterville Police Chief Joseph Massey said his department started getting calls […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Snowmobilers from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont will get a chance to ride on some new terrain. Reciprocal Snowmobile Weekend this coming Friday to Sunday allows all legally registered Maine snowmobiles to be operated in New Hampshire and Vermont without being registered in those states. At the same time, snowmobiles legally registered […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s secretary of state’s office is warning corporations to be wary of solicitations urging them to file certain information and send $125 payments. The state says it has received calls regarding the legitimacy of solicitations mailed to numerous Maine corporations from a company named Corporate Records Service. The solicitations look real because […]

ALFRED — Maine Supreme Court Chief Justice Leigh Saufley has stopped proceedings in the Kennebunk prostitution case, according to a clerk at the York County court. Justice Saufley stopped the proceedings because of arguments that the secret jury selection in the case was improper. The full court is expected to review the case later Thursday. […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The freezing temperatures that have been chilling the Midwest for days have arrived in Maine. The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill warning for the northern reaches of the state. Temperatures in the Presque Isle and Caribou area are not expected to rise above seven below zero. The wind chill […]

AUGUSTA — Legislative Democrats on Wednesday sought to put the best face on a rating agency’s downgrading of state bonds, saying it targets the very issues they are focused on this session. “Our laser focus on jumpstarting our economy and putting people back to work will show Fitch (Ratings) and others that we are determined […]