Trial wrapping up for man charged with killing deputy  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Closing arguments are expected in the trial of a Maine man who’s accused of killing a sheriff’s deputy by pressing a gun to his neck and pulling the trigger.  Both sides agree that John Williams fired the fatal shot. At issue at the trial […]

PORTLAND — Legalized recreational marijuana is coming soon to Maine, but it’s highly unlikely it’s coming to the entire state.  The state’s rules are designed to allow municipalities to opt in or out of allowing sales of adult-use marijuana, which voters legalized in 2016, and only a handful of cities and towns have laid the […]

In separate votes last week, Mid Coast–Parkview Health of Brunswick and Portland-based MaineHealth agreed to have Mid Coast–Parkview Health become part of the region’s largest integrated health system, Mid Coast announced in a news release this morning. On Thursday, the Board of Directors at Mid Coast–Parkview Health voted to proceed with joining MaineHealth. The following […]

TOPSHAM — A new Topsham-area public charter school vying for the last open slot in the state would focus on students with a passion for arts and technology if its plan is approved by the Maine Charter Commission. The state’s 2011 charter school law capped the number of public charters at 10 until 2021, but […]

TOPSHAM — The Board of Selectmen on June 6 unanimously chose resident Patrick Coen to fill an upcoming vacancy on the School Administrative District 75 Board of Directors.  Coen, a member of the town’s Finance Committee since last July, will replace Matthew Drewette-Card, who in April announced his resignation effective July 1. His term expires in November 2020.  […]

Groups of migrants continued to flow through a Portland bus station Thursday as dozens of families who arrived in recent days settled into a temporary emergency shelter that was slowly filling with travel-weary asylum seekers from Africa.  Tired parents lay stretched out on green cots spread across the wooden floor of the Portland Expo, home […]

WEST BATH — A Lewiston man was arrested and charged with operating under the influence after he crashed a car into a utility pole Thursday afternoon in West Bath, according to the Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office. David Wright Jr., 38, of Lewiston crashed the vehicle around 5:16 p.m. on New Meadows Road near the Mobile gas […]

Maine’s medical community is mobilizing to try to meet the health needs of the scores of asylum seekers who have arrived in Portland from the southern U.S. border and to prepare for the possibility that hundreds more are on the way.  Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said […]

Progressive announces bid to challenge Susan Collins in 2020  GARDINER, Maine (AP) — Betsy Sweet, a progressive Democrat who ran for governor of Maine last year, has announced her bid to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.  The former State House lobbyist announced her candidacy Thursday at Sebago Lake Distillery. In a statement, she criticized “the wealth, […]