WELLS – Maine is embarking on a 10-year economic development plan and as part of the process will host planning sessions statewide, beginning Monday, June 24 in Wells. ”We will empower innovators and entrepreneurs, attract young families and new businesses and revitalize rural Maine so that every person will know unequivocally that living in Maine […]

The state paid a Standish man $500,000 to drop a lawsuit alleging he was mistreated in the 1990s by staff at the state’s juvenile correctional facility. Matthew Keene filed suit in 2017 against 30 defendants, including the Department of Corrections and more than a dozen individuals, alleging that he was subjected to long, unwarranted periods […]

BOOTHBAY HARBOR — Former Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s wife won’t be the only one in their family spending the summer working at a restaurant. LePage will be joining her as a bartender. McSeagulls Restaurant owner Jeff Stoddard said he hasn’t finalized the former governor’s schedule but expects him to be tending bar for the entire […]

A man was killed and three other people injured in a crash early Sunday in Buckfield. The collision involving two cars occurred at the intersection of Route 117, North Whitman School Road and South Whitman School Road at around 1 a.m., the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office said. A male passenger in one of the cars […]

Well-heeled home buyers are drawing attention from out-of-state furniture chains, two of which announced plans to open stores in Greater Portland. Bernie & Phyl’s and Jordan’s Furniture announced last month that they would each open up stores in South Portland. The two locations are almost within sight of each other. Bernie & Phyl’s, which opens […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish has canceled her upcoming Atlanta performance because of Georgia’s new restrictive abortion law. News outlets report that the “Girls Trip” star sent a statement to ticketholders Saturday, saying she cannot “in good faith” perform in Georgia unless it withdraws the so-called heartbeat bill. Haddish had been scheduled […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Jerusalem magistrate court on Sunday sentenced Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to pay a fine of more than $15,000 for misusing state funds. The sentencing comes after she agreed to a plea bargain that ended the years-long saga of just one of the high-profile corruption cases […]

LEBANON  — A pair of suspects are being held on federal gun charges following a lengthy investigation by Maine State Police stemming from a violent incident earlier this year in Lebanon. In a social media posting, the suspects came to the attention of Maine State Troopers from Troop A in January when they responded to […]

Being a governor isn’t what it used to be, at least not in presidential politics. Three Western executives are learning that the hard way in a crowded Democratic scramble dominated by former Vice President Joe Biden and a gaggle of nationally known senators. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a late entry into the field of two […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift made a surprise performance at an iconic gay bar a day after releasing a song supporting the LGBTQ community. Swift celebrated Pride Month by appearing at New York City’s Stonewall Inn on Friday night. She released her new tune Thursday called “You Need to Calm Down,” where she calls […]