PORTLAND (AP) — Police investigating an early-morning stabbing in Portland say the victim is not cooperating. Police said the man walked into a Forest Avenue convenience store at about 2 a.m. Wednesday and asked a clerk to call an ambulance. Authorities said the victim was taken to Maine Medical Center with ten stab wounds to […]

BANGOR (AP) — A former employee of the charitable arm of a Maine hospital group has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $56,000 from the nonprofit. Prosecutors said 47-year-old Laurena Cunningham of Bangor pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing from Healthcare Charities, the charitable arm of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems. Prosecutors said Cunningham was responsible for […]

EASTBROOK (AP) — A new, 19-turbine wind farm that has the capacity to supply the equivalent energy needs of 18,000 homes has been completed, developer First Wind said Wednesday. The Boston-based company said its 34-megawatt Bull Hill project, located in Hancock County on the ridges of Bull Hill and Heifer Hill about 15 miles northeast […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Police are investigating a bank robbery in Portland. Police said a lone man entered the Bangor Savings Bank branch at the Pine Tree Shopping Center on Brighton Ave. at about 9 a.m. Tuesday. Police said the man threatened the teller and was given some cash. Several customer and employees were inside the […]

BINGHAM (AP) — Wind farm developer First Wind says it’s looking seriously at a project that would include 50 to 60 power-generating turbines in a timber harvesting area in the Bingham area. The Morning Sentinel of Waterville said turbines would be built on hills in Bingham and extend into Mayfield and Blanchard townships and Kingsbury […]

AUGUSTA — Motel, campground, inn and gift store owners may have been reflecting last week on the summer tourism season that just ended, perhaps looking forward to a little down time. But Carolann Ouellette, director of the Maine Office of Tourism, was in high gear in London, hustling from appointment to appointment, working to persuade […]

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Workers on the new Memorial Bridge connecting New Hampshire and Maine have installed a concrete deck on the Portsmouth side and plan to have the sidewalks ready before Thanksgiving. The contractor working on the bridge says the approach will serve as the entryway to a new span to the south to […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — New vote counting machines many Maine communities received as part of a federal initiative were a hit with many town clerks, dramatically cutting down the time it took to count ballots on Election Day. Sidney Town Clerk Shawna Foye said the town’s votes were counted by 9:30 p.m., while hand counting would […]

SEARSPORT — Though the conversion of home and commercial heating systems to natural gas has gotten a lot of attention in recent years, propane use in Maine also is up sharply. Use of liquid propane, or LP gas, has more than doubled, said Ken Fletcher, director of the Governor’s Energy Office. In 2004, Maine used […]