Former Republican U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, in a heartfelt post on his Facebook page Sunday, announced that he will not run next year against Democrat Jared Golden for the 2nd District seat.  Poliquin’s Facebook post starts off by saying that “family always comes first.” The 65-year-old Poliquin said he plans to spend his time caring […]

Changes in the environment, including warming waters, are prompting the U.S. government to add eight populations of fish to its federal overfished list, scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday.  The annual Report to Congress on the Status of U.S. Fisheries said two populations of Chinook salmon and three populations of coho salmon will […]

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating “multiple cases” of chickenpox among migrants sheltering at the Portland Expo and is urging volunteers to watch for potential symptoms.  A spokeswoman for the Maine Department of Health and Human Services did not provide an exact figure of confirmed cases of chickenpox because the “circumstances […]

Portland police charged a 62-year-old man with elevated aggravated assault after he allegedly sent his Danforth Street neighbor to the hospital in critical condition. Everett H. Meserve is being held on $50,000 bail on charges that he attacked Rodney Cleveland, a 63-year-old acquaintance who lived nearby, police said in a news release Sunday. Police were […]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The late Christopher Cousins has been selected to enter the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame. His name will be inducted during the association’s annual fall conference in South Portland on Oct. 19.  Fresh out of college, Cousins went to work for the Advertiser Democrat of South Paris, the town where he […]

SOLON — The need is urgent for public contributions to support more than 100 animals rescued from R-N-D Kennels last week, according to a press release the state Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry sent out Wednesday.  Although animal welfare workers managed to rescue 107 animals in dire straights from the property at 196 Rowell Mountain Road, they are […]

PHIPPSBURG — Lobstering is a dangerous occupation, a fact that Steve Train doesn’t need to be reminded of. Train has fallen overboard twice in his career as a lobsterman fishing in Casco Bay. Even so, he refuses to wear a lifejacket because he said they are too expensive and too cumbersome. One organization, however, is […]