The Maine Senate has killed a bill that would have allowed the governor to keep more written records private.
Spring might be in the air, but a Maine energy agency is warning it's just over 250 days, or eight months, until the next winter heating season starts.
Authorities are investigating another suspicious fire in Gorham.
A man from Massachusetts who died in the southern Maine seaside town of Ogunquit last weekend after falling into the ocean had been accused in Connecticut of helping his 82-year-old father commit suicide last year.
An ice cream truck driver is facing charges in Richmond, Maine after police say they found marijuana on his truck while he was making his rounds.
A man who accused former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him has been sentenced to three years and three months in prison for sexually abusing a boy in Maine.
Organizers of the annual Windjammer Days Festival in Boothbay Harbor said two additional tall ships have been added to this year's lineup.
The owners of an inn in downtown Brunswick have filed a lawsuit demanding that a similarly named inn change its name.
Lawmakers approved an investigation of the Maine Department of Health and Humans services. Members of the Legislature's government oversight committee want to know why they only recently learned about a computer problems that led to thousands of unauthorized Medicaid payments, even though managers within the Department had been aware of the issue for more than a year.
If the Maine House follows the direction of the Senate, the state may soon have a new formula for distributing money to cities and towns. The Senate gave initial support to a bill that would eventually restore municipal revenue sharing and, supporters said, help equalize the way in which it is distributed.
