In this Sept. 8, 2018 photo, a lobster walks into a lobster trap on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean off Biddeford, Maine. Preliminary data from the federal government shows U.S. lobster exports to China held steady during the year despite tariffs imposed during trade hostilities between the two countries. China is one of the […]

AUGUSTA — Maine’s motor vehicle safety inspection program came under legislative scrutiny Tuesday at a hearing on several bills, with a Republican lawmaker saying the program should be eliminated for most vehicles because there is little evidence that it improves public safety. But the state official who heads the program disagreed, pointing to data showing […]

A Berwick man died Saturday, nearly two weeks after he fell through thin ice while riding a snowmobile on Salmon Falls River in Berwick, game wardens said. James Reagan, 59, died Feb. 23 at Portsmouth Regional Hospital after he and a passenger, his nephew Trevor Reagon, 25, fell through thin ice Feb. 14 about 6 […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The world of Star Wars is coming from a galaxy far, far away to become the largest single-themed land created in a Disney park. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is an adventure through the grungy planet Batuu where guests can build their own droids and lightsabers, interact with aliens and climb into […]

BOSTON — The U.S Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction and life sentence of a New Hampshire man for a 2014 home invasion and shooting in Saco. In February 2016, Gregory Owens, 62, of Londenderry, New Hampshire, was convicted of interstate domestic violence and using and discharging a firearm during and in relation to […]

SANFORD — The following people were arrested or charged by Sanford Police Feb. 19 to Feb. 25: Matthew S. Grenier, 19, Springvale, was arrested on a warrant following a property damage crash on Stanley Road. Kristin A. Carey, 35, Sanford, was arrested and charged with robbery in the vicinity of Washington and High streets. John […]

AUGUSTA — The Mills administration plans to open a new unit at the state-owned Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center in Bangor serving a broader range of mental health patients than the privately run “step-down” facility proposed by former Gov. Paul LePage. Gov. Janet Mills said Wednesday the state will “offer a new option for in-patient level […]

PORTLAND  — The man who put small businesses on edge last spring with a string of armed robberies and attempted robberies will serve nearly six years in prison. Travis Card, 38, was arrested in April in the wake of more than a dozen unsolved holdups in southern Maine. He pleaded guilty in August in federal court for […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a damning depiction of Donald Trump, the president’s former lawyer cast him as a racist and a con man who used his inner circle to cover up politically damaging allegations about sex and who lied throughout the 2016 election campaign about his business interests in Russia. A day after publicly testifying […]

Nine chefs, restaurants and other luminaries of the Maine food world were named semi-finalists for James Beard Foundation awards Wednesday. Most of those that were tapped for the awards, the most prestigious in the restaurant industry, have been named semi-finalists or finalists in previous years. New to the list this year were Chad Conley and […]