AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage says the state has paid $678,000 in legal fees in a court case that shot down a Maine law restricting drug manufacturers’ use of information about the drugs doctors prescribe. IMS Health Inc. sued the state of Vermont over a law requiring it to get doctors’ permission before selling […]

PORTLAND — Emergency responders in even the hardest-hit areas of Maine are breathing a sigh of relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday, reporting no casualties and little need for shelters. Thousands of Mainers remained without power Tuesday evening, but with billions of dollars in damage and at least 50 people killed in […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A 5-year-old Falmouth girl bitten by a dog while out for a walk in Portland won’t need rabies shots, but the dog’s owner faces charges. The owner gave the girl’s baby sitter an out-of-service Vermont telephone number after last week’s biting incident. The girl’s mother wanted to know whether her daughter would […]

Martin, a Democrat and former speaker of the Maine House, is running for re-election in House District 1, which includes Eagle Lake and Fort Kent. His Bald Eagle convenience store is located on Route 11 in Eagle Lake. Until September, it was owned by Eagle Lake Outfitters Inc. Martin owned 50 percent of the firm […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s cruise ship season is coming to an end. The 962-foot Brilliance of the Seas is scheduled to arrive in Portland at 7 a.m. Wednesday with approximately 2,400 passengers and 850 crew members. It’s set to depart for New York City at 5:30 p.m. The Royal Caribbean Lines vessel is the final […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine’s utilities continue to make progress in restoring power following a glancing blow by Sandy. Central Maine Power reported Wednesday afternoon that 11,000 customers were still in the dark, and that service would be restored to all customers by late Wednesday. Bangor Hydro Electric Co. had only a handful of power outages. […]

BATON ROUGE, La. — A Husson University dean is among 14 applicants to lead the University of Louisiana System. The list includes university chancellors, former chancellors and department heads from Maine to the Midwest. Ronald A. Nykiel, dean of the College of Businsess at Husson University in Bangor is among the candidates, according to The […]

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK (AP) — In an annual rite of fall, Acadia National Park is closing one of its visitor centers and its Sand Beach entrance station as the cold-weather season arrives. Park officials said the Sand Beach station and the Hulls Cove Visitor Center are closing Wednesday for the season. Park information will be […]