2 months ago

Legislature passes bottle redemption center bill

The Maine Senate unanimously enacted a bill on May 8, written by Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, to support redemption centers.

2 months ago

‘I just wanted to protect my friends’: Brewer man recounts downtown Bangor shooting

If the bullet had been an inch or two lower, Jim Parent might well be dead.

2 months ago

Maine joins multi-state lawsuit that alleges price fixing by drug makers

Maine’s attorney general joined a 44-state lawsuit against 20 generic drug manufacturers and 15 individuals alleging they conspired to artificially inflate and manipulate prices for more than 100 different generic drugs, including treatments for diabetes, cancer and arthritis.

2 months ago

US-Canada border transfers raise fear of delayed crossings

Hundreds of border agents from across the U.S. are being temporarily transferred south ahead of the busy summer tourism season, worrying those along the northern border who rely on cross-border commerce who fear their Canadian customers could be caught in backups at border crossings.

2 months ago

It’s a long shot, but a record-breaking snow could fall over Bangor on Tuesday

If you’re up early enough Tuesday morning, you could wake to see a sight that you thought was behind us: snow.

2 months ago

New study finds Maine patients with private insurance pay nearly 3x what Medicare patients would pay

A new study on hospital prices from the RAND corporation finds that patients with private insurance in Maine pay nearly three times what Medicare would pay for the same service.

2 months ago

Doctors quit EMMC as changes leave less time with patients, push morale to ‘all-time low’

At least eight doctors are resigning from Bangor’s Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center amid a push by the hospital to reduce their ranks, cut their benefits and have fewer doctors work each day, forcing those on duty to see more patients in a shift.

2 months ago

Mainers can now vote online for the state bicentennial flag design

The state is seeking public input on three proposed designs for the flag that will commemorate Maine’s bicentennial.

2 months ago

Fire destroys office building for Belfast potato processor

A fire that broke out Thursday night spared the Penobscot McCrum potato-processing plant in Belfast, but completely destroyed an office building used by the company, according to fire officials.

3 months ago

Fox terrorizes 2 Maine homes, biting woman and dogs before being killed with shovel

A Bowdoinham woman was bitten by a fox Tuesday evening shortly before the fox found its way into a neighboring house and was killed by a resident.

3 months ago

Don’t know which birds you spotted at Katahdin Woods & Waters? There’s now a list for that.

Birders and other visitors to Maine’s newest national monument will receive a valuable tool Saturday as Friends of Katahdin Woods & Waters releases a checklist of more than 150 birds that can be found in the monument.

3 months ago

Maine CDC says hepatitis continues to rise in the state

Public health authorities in Maine said the state’s sharp rise in hepatitis cases is continuing.

3 months ago

Pilot program to offer more traditional cheering activity during fall sports season

Back when sideline cheering at high school football and basketball games around Maine was the rage during the 1980s, Denise Gelinas of Biddeford helped introduce a separate, more competitive side of that activity full of tumbling, jumps, stunts, pyramids and dance.

3 months ago

Fewer flu vaccinations, mental health care shortage test Maine’s response to health crises

Maine’s ability to respond to a natural disaster, disease outbreak or other health emergency has improved in the past few years and is now about average for the U.S.

3 months ago

Blue Hill and Ellsworth prove hot spots for bear damage this spring

The first sign was the suet holders, set out to feed woodpeckers, that had been pulled from the trees. Then the bird feeders got crushed.

3 months ago

Why some students and educators aren’t happy with how Maine dumped an online learning program

The administration of Gov. Janet Mills recently said it will end a small program that provides free, universal access to online Advanced Placement classes particularly valuable for high school students who want to attend out-of-state colleges.

3 months ago

Maine is losing farms and farmland, but hope is not lost for agriculture

In recent years, Maine’s so-called farming renaissance has been vaunted as both a hopeful spot in the state’s economy and a magnet that is drawing some young people back to the land.

3 months ago

Feds: Maine’s economic growth slowed substantially in 4th quarter of 2018

Maine’s economic growth slowed markedly in the 4th quarter of 2018. According to the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis, Maine’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at a rate of just 0.7 percent during the final three months of last year.