Central Maine Power Co. admitted Thursday that it had another breakdown in customer service last month when it mistakenly informed 62,000 residential electricity users that they would be receiving a credit on their bills. The message that appeared on bills mailed in late January was intended to be sent only to 122 large industrial energy […]

AUGUSTA — Gov. Janet Mills unveiled a two-year state budget proposal on Friday that would fully fund Medicaid expansion and earmark an additional $126 million to K-12 education. In the first budget document of her governorship, Mills would increase state General Fund spending over the two-year period to roughly $8 billion – an 11 percent […]

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai political party swore loyalty to the king Saturday, a day after its stunning decision to nominate the monarch’s sister as its candidate for prime minister backfired when the king called the move inappropriate and unconstitutional. The statement of fealty comes as the country ponders a Friday whirlwind in which Princess […]

BIDDEFORD — It’s another feather in the cap for the University of New England as it has entered an elite classification as one of the top schools in the U.S. for research. In its 2018 annual update, the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, regarded as the leading framework for categorizing accredited U.S. universities […]

DOVER — There is a warrant out for the arrest of an Old Orchard Beach man facing bigamy charges after he missed a court date in New Hampshire on Thursday. Michael Middleton, 43, whose last known address was Old Orchard Beach, was indicted by a New Hampshire grand jury last month on a bigamy charge. […]

BIDDEFORD — After a decade-long hiatus, Biddeford High School is hoping to resurrect a former feather in its cap: the marching band. Parent volunteers and members of the Biddeford High School staff are working together to breathe new life into the defunct program, which completed its last season in fall 2009. The once-robust band was […]

SACO — A sixth generation, family-owned lumber company plans to make Saco the home for its next location. Hancock Lumber was established in 1848 and today has 550 employees. Hancock Lumber includes a timberland company, a sawmill division and a network of retail lumberyards, kitchen design showrooms and a truss manufacturing facility. The company reports […]

ALFRED — The auditor for York County government said the county is one of three he knows of that has maintained or improved its financial condition. “That’s very rare, it is not a typical trend,” said Ron Smith of RHR Smith, a firm that audits 11 of Maine’s 16 counties. The auditor gave a brief […]

DETROIT (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history and a master of legislative deal-making who was fiercely protective of Detroit’s auto industry, has died. The Michigan Democrat was 92. Dingell, who served in the U.S. House for 59 years before retiring in 2014, died Thursday at his […]