AUGUSTA ( AP) — The House of Representatives has passed a bill that eliminates the right of workers at the former DeCoster egg farms to unionize. The bill passed 73-69 along party lines Thursday, with Republicans in support and Democrats opposed. It still faces more votes in the House and Senate. The bill eliminates collective […]

BANGOR (AP) — Police in Maine are looking for a missing Florida firefighter who hasn’t been seen in almost a week. Authorities say 31-year-old Jerry Perdomo of Orange City, Fla., drove a rental car from Florida to Bangor, where it was found abandoned on Friday morning in a Walmart parking lot. He was last seen […]

WALDOBORO ( AP) — Police say a pit bull owned by a Waldoboro family that attacked the family’s 12-yearold girl and 13-year-old boy has been euthanized. Police say the family will not face any charges other than having an unlicensed dog because the animal had never before exhibited aggressive behavior. The Bangor Daily News reports […]

PITTSFIELD (AP) — Maine’s largest heavy construction company is looking to hire 150 construction workers. Pittsfield- based Cianbro Corp. says it has a backlog of projects in Maine and needs workers to fill job openings. President Andi Vigue told the Bangor Daily News the company is seeking licensed electricians, structural iron workers, millwrights, pipe welders, […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — The trial of a Cumberland County jail guard accused of assaulting an inmate has started. Guard Nicholas Stein is accused of dragging and punching inmate Brian Cote last June. Cote testified Tuesday that he was injured after a jump from the second-floor balcony. He says Stein dragged him 200 feet and […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A state senator has proposed changing the rules that restrict educators and other state workers from collecting retirement benefits at the same time they are getting a full paycheck. Cape Neddick Democrat Dawn Hill says a money-saving law passed last year restricting so-called “double dipping” missed the mark because while it was […]

PORTLAND — Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate and Portland businesswoman Rosa Scarcelli is suing her stepfather and his company, in part because he refused to fire Scarcelli’s mother. In her complaint, Scarcelli argues her mother — the defendant’s wife — should have been dispatched over her mismanagement of lowincome housing developments that all three had stakes in. […]

Freeport Arrests Ray A. Morrill, 52, of 741 Carding Machine Road, Bowdoinham, Feb. 19, 7:21 p.m., charged with operating under the influence, on Desert Road. Kelsey Ray Cunliffe, 23, of 758 Allen Pond Road, Greene, Feb. 18, 5:58 p.m., charged with operating with a suspended license, violating a condition of release and speeding 20 to […]

POWNAL — The Pownal Democratic Party will hold its caucus Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the DeWitt Room of Mallett Hall, on Route 9. The Registrar of Voters will be present at the event from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. to register voters. For more information, contact Donna Boyles at 688-4780 or at […]