AUGUSTA (AP) — Officials with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network say they plan to fight a proposal by Gov. Paul LePage to eliminate all state funding. The Republican governor said during a visit to South Paris last week that state finding to MPBN is “ corporate welfare.” MPBN currently gets about $1.9 million of its […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — The nation’s two independent senators have a message for Maine’s Angus King if he’s elected to replace Olympia Snowe: Choose a side. Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut enjoy their political freedom, but they say that if the former Maine governor is elected he’ll find the Senate’s […]

WATERVILLE ( AP) — Police say six people were hurt when a speeding vehicle caused an accident that damaged five other cars waiting at a red light in front of the fire station in Waterville. Witnesses tell the Morning Sentinel that the driver of the car that hit the others at about 4: 45 p. […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — A legislative committee will take up a bill to restore presidential primaries in Maine, where party caucuses have long been the favored method for party faithful to select their favorites. The Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee today takes up a bill sponsored by Senate President Kevin Raye. The Republican represents Washington […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The public will have its say this week on Gov. Paul LePage’s budget rewrite, which calls for some tax breaks, new spending and some cuts in other areas. The Appropriations Committee hearings will be held Tuesday through Thursday in the State House. Last week, the administration unveiled budget changes that include tax […]

LEWSITON ( AP) — An analysis shows that most small Maine hospitals’ chief executives earn $230,000 to $330,000, and some got perks such as car allowances. The analysis by the Sun Journal of Lewiston also shows that one small hospital spent $ 80,000 on lobbying, nearly twice as much as the large Eastern Maine Healthcare […]

OTISFIELD ( AP) — Officials say a 65-year-old man has been hospitalized with chest and leg injuries after his single-engine plane made a crash landing onto an icecovered lake in southern Maine. Maine State Police said 65- year- old James Schaff, of Gray, crashed his floatplane shortly after noon Saturday on Pleasant Lake in Otisfield, […]

PORTLAND — Heavy trucks are being temporarily banned from thousands of miles of secondary roads across northern New England with the early arrival of spring. The mild late-winter weather has prompted officials to restrict heavy traffic on secondary roads two, three and even four weeks earlier than usual in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, where it’s […]

HARPSWELL — The Harpswell Community Nursery School will host a free, public screening of the documentary “ Mother Nature’s Child” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Elijah Kellogg Church, 917 Harpswell Neck Road. “‘Mother Nature’s Child’ explores nature’s powerful role in children’s health and development, and notes the lessening of children’s connection with nature and […]