The Maine lobster industry will have to drastically change how it operates to comply with a federal mandate to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale, and some worry that the new fishing methods will make their jobs less profitable and more dangerous.  The state Department of Marine Resources has until September to come up […]

PORTLAND — Maine’s bear hunters were hoping to bag big wins in the legislature this year, but their proposals for an overhaul of the state’s hunting rules will have to wait.  State legislators considered a change offered by a pro-hunting group this year that would have given state biologists the ability to adjust the length […]

WATERVILLE  — More than 100 people gathered outside a Main Street bookstore Saturday morning to support a reading for children by a drag queen, and to counter those who had come out against the event.  About 50 people were packed inside the Children’s Book Cellar, where Ophelia, a drag queen from Topsham, read from two books […]

LISBON — After the Class of 2019 graduated from Lisbon High School on Sunday, Lorraine Chase, a substitute teacher, was singled out for a lot of hugs.  She said she has taught this newly graduated class since it was a group of third- or fourth-graders, and has seen many of the students grow up though triumphs […]

BRUNSWICK — Hardly an inch of wall space was visible in the hallways of Brunswick Junior High School on Friday night as more than 500 works of art, ranging from collages and mosaics to self-portraits and masks, lined the corridors. Friday marked the annual BJHS Art Scoop, an end-of-year ice cream social and showcase of […]

BRUNSWICK — In 2017, 172 Mainers were killed by guns, a number that to Nacole Palmer and the members of Moms Demand Action say is unacceptable.   The first weekend in June is Gun Violence Awareness Weekend, and in Brunswick on June 8, supporters will wear orange and walk down Maine Street to “look to a brighter future […]

Hunger rates have grown more rapidly in Maine than any other state over the past decade, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and between 2014 and 2016, more than 16% of Maine households struggled to put food on the table.   The Brunswick Topsham Land Trust Farmers’ Market at Crystal Spring Farm is trying to […]

BRUNSWICK — A settlement could be in the works between tenants and owners of a mobile home park that went without power and water for extended periods in recent years, according to an attorney representing the tenants.   A May 20 memo posted on Facebook notifies residents that James Clifford, an attorney with Clifford and Clifford, is discussing a potential settlement […]

Portland police are investigating a report that an employee of a Portland strip club was sexually assaulted last weekend.  Lt. Robert Martin said the alleged assault happened May 24 at PT’s Showclub on Riverside Street and that it was reported the next day. He said he could not comment further on an ongoing investigation or say whether […]