PITTSFIELD — When it comes to the east-west highway he has touted for more than a decade, Peter Vigue talks more in the terms of a missionary than a businessman. It becomes clear in a two-plus-hour interview at his Pittsfield office that the proposed highway is not merely another large-scale construction project. His mission, the […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine could have more jobs and add more value to its lobster industry if it processed more of its catch in-state rather than shipping it to Canada to be processed, Maine lobster processors said Friday. Gov. Paul LePage met with lobster processors in Augusta on Friday to discuss what can done to […]

SACO — A Limington man who was revving the engine on his motorcycle in traffic Wednesday was ultimately arrested when police found drugs in his possession, according to police. George Bradley, 43, was in a line of traffic on North Street around 4:30 p.m. when he kept revving his engine, according to Saco Deputy Chief […]

BIDDEFORD (AP) — Search crews have recovered the body of a man who disappeared after jumping into the Saco River. Police on Friday identified him as 39-year-old Darrell L. Hoerl of Biddeford. The cause of death has not yet been determined by the Medical Examiner’s office. Witnesses reported that he jumped off a railroad bridge […]

BANGOR (AP) — A judge has sentenced a 27-year-old Maine man to more than five years in prison for having 2,400 doses of a synthetic drug with an estimated street value of $170,000. Travis Griffin, of Thomaston, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bangor. He pleaded guilty in April to a drug distribution […]

WINDHAM (AP) — The owner of an escort service in Windham has been indicted on a charge that he allegedly tried to extort money from a client. The Portland Press Herald reports that Nicholas Enfanto was indicted on a single federal extortion charge. The indictment was announced Thursday. Federal authorities say Enfanto sent text messages […]

PORTLAND (AP) — U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree is asking Canadian authorities to provide police escorts for Maine lobster trucks following protests at processing plants over cheap lobster from the United States. The Maine Democrat wrote to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Thursday to request protection for the trucks. She says drivers bringing lobster from Maine […]

SANFORD — A nursing home where maggots were found on a resident this week has had problems in the past with sanitation and safety. Staff at the Newton Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing, a 74-bed nursing home affiliated with Goodall Hospital, found maggot larvae on a resident during a routine skin check. The Newton Center […]