PORTLAND — A nonpartisan group that tried unsuccessfully to draft a candidate to run for president said Friday it plans to spend more than $1 million on TV ads supporting independent Angus King in the state’s U.S. Senate race, the only race it intends to get involved with during the current election cycle. The first […]

PORTLAND — Young women and girls are being lured from their lives in Maine and disappearing into a dark world, where they are regularly beaten, raped and sold all over the country. According to service providers and law enforcement experts, the modern-day slave trade is not only alive in Maine, but relies on this outlying […]

PORTLAND — The Waldo-Hancock Bridge was an engineering marvel when it opened in 1931 with its soaring suspension cables and 206-foot towers rising out of the Penobscot River, a gateway to eastern Maine. The aging bridge now stands neglected next to its replacement — the even bigger and more impressive Penobscot Narrows Bridge — with […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The National Organization for Marriage, which has battled to keep its donor list confidential, has omitted donors’ names from its campaign disclosure filing in the gay marriage referendum. The organization’s quarterly filing with the ethics commission on Thursday indicates it spent $250,000, which went toward television ads that will soon begin airing. […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King’s campaign is accusing Republican Charlie Summers of ducking a forum hosted by the Women’s Policy Center to avoid flip-flopping on abortion. Summers responded that he’s always been in favor of abortion rights. King’s spokeswoman, Crystal Canney, pointed Thursday to a Bangor Daily News survey that said […]

FALMOUTH (AP) — A husband and wife accused of allowing high school students celebrating state championships in two sports to drink at their Falmouth, Maine, home have pleaded not guilty. Barry and Paula Spencer are charged with nine counts of allowing a minor to possess or consume alcohol. Their arraignment was scheduled for Thursday, but […]

BRUNSWICK — The public will have a chance to weigh in on a merger between Parkview Adventist Medical Center and Central Maine Healthcare later this month. Phyllis Powell, assistant director for the Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Licensing and Regulatory Services, said the hearing will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, […]

SCARBOROUGH — Dead River Co. has expanded its energy portfolio by entering the electricity supply business. The company can sell electricity to residential and commercial customers in Central Maine Power Co.’s and Bangor Hydro-Electric Co.’s coverage areas at rates lower than the “standard offer” available from the utility companies, Bob Moore, the 103-year-old company’s CEO, […]

ROCKLAND (AP) — Authorities have charged a Maine man with stealing from the lobster co-op he manages. Robert Thompson, manager of the Spruce Head co-op in South Thomaston, was released on $100,000 surety bail following his arrest this week on felony theft charges. The Knox County Sheriff’s Department says it has been investigating financial concerns […]