Two Falmouth teens made the job easy for local police officers setting up a stakeout in a community park last week, according to police. Two officers had just arrived at Walton Park on Aug. 19 and parked a “bait car” with some valuables inside hoping to catch a crook and reduce the number of burglaries […]

Maine receives federal approval of a $6.6 million plan to expand and coordinate health information technology.

PORTLAND — Some AIDS patients in Portland hoping to have legal access soon to medical marijuana may be disappointed. A medical team at the city’s India Street Public Health Center, Maine’s largest HIV practice, notified most of its 170 patients last week that it won’t grant medical marijuana certificates to everyone who asks for one. […]

Last year’s H1N1 pandemic has raised awareness and demand for flu shots, with vaccinations available earlier than usual.

Most of the new bids seek to open a York County marijuana dispensary; the others are for Down East.

Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services announced today that it received 19 applications from groups wanting to open medical marijuana dispensaries in York County and Downeast.

Several are allegedly members of the True Somali Bloods who conduct various criminal activities in the Portland area.

The Department of Health and Human Services will present its findings Wednesday after investigating a complaint about Saint Joseph’s Manor.