BIDDEFORD — What will Biddeford look like in the year 2020? That was the question that the ad hoc Vision 2020 Commission was charged with answering by Mayor Alan Casavant.  More...

PORTLAND (AP) — The first of four federal lawsuits brought by former Maine State Prison inmates beaten by fellow prisoners using prison-issued padlocks is being heard this week.  Keith Ayotte's lawsuit against the state Department of Corre More...

MANSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Norton man heads to court to face charges in connection with a crash on Route 140 in Mansfield that took the life of a Raynham man.  More...

ARUNDEL — It wasn't the best weather for a motorcycle ride. Sunday morning dawned raw, cold and wet, and even though the showers let up a bit toward noon, sunshine remained stubbornly elusive.  More...

AUGUSTA (AP) — The $1.3 million project to replace the copper atop the Maine Statehouse dome is under way.  Crews began erecting scaffolding in late March. More...

PORTLAND (AP) — Turkey hunting season is set to begin in Maine with the hunt suspended in the northernmost reaches of the state.  More...

PORTLAND (AP) — Averages gas prices in Maine are up 4.2 a gallon from a week ago.  The average price of a gallon of gas in Maine Monday is $3.73 a gallon ”“ up 11.5 cents from one month ago, according to gasbuddy.com.  The More...

From Staff Reports  BIDDEFORD — Several families were displaced Saturday when a fire broke out around noon at a three-story apartment building at 202 Elm St., near the intersection with South Street.  More...

ANSON (AP) — Some Maine beekeepers worry that the long, harsh winter will harm spring honey production, but bees in some parts of the state have done surprisingly well.  Frank Drummond, a professor of insect ecology at the University of Ma More...

By BLAKE DAVIS  Associated Press  PORTLAND — Maine ranks 15th in the nation for high school students graduating on time, with 85 percent of students who entered the ninth grade in fall 2008 earning their diplomas in 2012, above the na More...

SANFORD — In 2011, Frank Newport had liver disease so severe that doctors told his wife he had just about two days left to live. More...

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts-based New Balance could get a boost worth tens of millions of dollars with a new Pentagon policy providing military recruits with U.S.-made sneakers.  New Balance is one of the few shoe manufacturers that meet a More...

BANGOR (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage pledged Saturday to continue working to overhaul the state's welfare programs while ensuring a strong safety net for Maine's disabled, elderly and children.  More...

From Staff Reports  Maine Audubon has reported that several pairs of piping plovers have returned to nest at southern Maine beaches, and beach-goers should be aware of the tiny birds.  Piping plovers are small, sandy-colored shorebirds that More...

PORTLAND — The trial of two men accused of killing three Maine residents whose bodies were found in a burning car opens Monday in Bangor.  More...

PORTLAND (AP) — The federal government reports that Maine's rate of growth in real personal income from 2011 to 2012 was the second lowest in the United States.  More...