AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage has named a longtime legislator to head the new Governor’s Office of Policy and Management. Richard Rosen will become the office’s first director on Dec. 6 following the completion of his fourth term in the state Senate. Before becoming a senator, he served three terms in the House. […]

ORONO — The mystery of the missing mollusk innards is over, as the preserved scallop guts mistakenly placed in the wrong vehicle make their way to a UMaine research facility in South Bristol. An associate professor with the University of Maine was traveling to Orono on Saturday afternoon after a visit to Pemetic Elementary School […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A judge has ruled that an Augusta man who stabbed his roommate was not criminally responsible by reason of mental disease. Malcolm Robert Moore on Tuesday was ordered held at Riverview Psychiatric Center in the custody of the commissioner of the Department of Health & Human Services until he is deemed unlikely […]

MOUNT DESERT (AP) — A Maine fisherman is seeking help from the public and police in finding his scallop guts. These aren’t just any scallop guts. Andy Mays of Southwest Harbor had been collecting scallops for six months for a project by the University of Maine’s marine research facility. He’d gutted the bivalves, isolated different […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A Dresden woman has been charged in connection with a string of burglaries this summer in Kennebec County. State police said 23-year-old Sabrina Marino is charged with three counts of burglary and one count of theft by receiving stolen property stemming from break-ins in Augusta, Manchester and Wayne. Police said about $5,000 […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Four more Maine towns and cities have been designated as “business-friendly” by the state. Gov. Paul LePage says Ellsworth, Fairfield, Kennebunk and Topsham have made the cut. Since the program was launched in March, 18 communities have earned the designation. Towns and cities that apply are evaluated on whether they have a […]