SKOWHEGAN ( AP) — A Skowhegan homeless shelter and the town have come up with a way for the facility to pay a $4,000 sewer hookup fee. Some residents of the Skowhegan Miracle Homeless Shelter have started working for the town, and will get paid $7.50 an hour until the bill is paid. The Board […]

MOUNT DESERT (AP) — The victim of a single-vehicle crash on Mount Desert Island over the weekend has been identified by police as a 43- year-old Trenton woman. Investigators say Hope Cummings was driving north on Route 102 at about 2 p.m. Saturday when her car went off the side of the road, struck a […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — A legislative committee this week will take another look at a bill to authorize payments to people who report MaineCare fraud. The Judiciary Committee has scheduled a work session on the bill for Tuesday afternoon. At a hearing last week, the committee heard from some individuals and groups who praised the […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A nonprofit group is promoting its new report aimed at giving Maine consumers facts about different home heating options. Environment Northeast says it has produced heating facts reports outlining the costs of different heating options in Maine and other New England states. They serve as guides to residential heating energy usage, costs […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine State Police say foul play is suspected in the disappearance of a Florida firefighter who’s been missing in Maine since Feb. 16. State police detectives and Bangor police searched a home in the Waldo County town of Jackson over the weekend, which is believed to be where Jerry Perdomo of Orange […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine Democrats kicked off the 2012 campaign season Sunday with a promise of a making comeback in state politics as they held their party caucuses in cities and towns across the state. “ Maine Democrats are energized,” said Ben Grant, chairman of the Maine Democratic Party, who called the caucuses “the next […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — Gov. Paul LePage said he’s not impressed with the field of contenders in the Republican presidential race and he’d like to see the final choice decided in a floor fight at the Republican National Convention in Tampa this summer. The outspoken Republican governor, who was the tea party favorite when he […]

WATERBORO (AP) — The Maine Fire Marshal’s Office says a Waterboro woman died in an early morning house fire. Fire investigators say 50- year- old Mary Gilman was found in the burned-out Cape Cod house on Paradise Lane in the Lake Arrowhead section of Waterboro. A man who stayed at the house Saturday night suffered […]

BRUNSWICK — A 58-year-old Brunswick man was arrested at midday Friday after police allegedly found him with a loaded semi-automatic pistol at a local soup kitchen. Archie Lully, 58, of 9 Dunning St., Apt. 1D, was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, Deputy Chief Marc Hagan of the Brunswick Police Department said today. Three officers responded […]

BRUNSWICK — The state Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the cause of death for a 47-year-old man who was found unresponsive in a Dunning Street apartment Saturday afternoon. Brunswick police and rescue personnel were called at 2:07 p.m., after a resident of an apartment at 9 Dunning St. found the man, who was staying there, Deputy […]