Maine News

Tiona Road off County Route 21 in Maine is the latest location of a Habitat for Humanity house.

Nine states sued the Bush administration Thursday over federal rules on water dumped from ships, claiming there is an illegal loophole that could hurt fisheries and contaminate drinking water.

An archivist convicted of selling stolen state artifacts including an original Currier & Ives lithograph on eBay has been sentenced to two to six years in prison, paid $129,500 in restitution and handed over ...

Proposed tax rates for Town of Union's fire districts was announced this week. Tax district rates are: * Westover Fire Company, $35.80 per $1,000 of assessed property value, a 0.4 percent drop.

Guests on the Queen Mary 2 oceanliner were getting a long look at the Staten Island waterfront today because the ship anchored off Stapleton, delaying its departure from New York to wait for the North Atlantic ...

The nation's first cap-and-trade greenhouse gas auction sold the right to pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at $3.07 a ton.

Individuals charged with criminal offenses noted in this column will face a court proceeding to determine whether they are guilty of the charges.

Greenhouse gases went on sale Thursday as 10 Northeastern states held the nation's first auction of pollution credits aimed at curbing global warming.

Will the real Sarah Palin please stand up? The vice-presidential candidate, left, and her doppelganger, Maine TV anchor Cindy Michaels, right.

Two men are facing charges in connection with an accidental shooting that happened early this morning in Union, the Broome County Sheriff's Office said.

ALBANY - A coalition of 10 northeastern states this week will take steps to check global warming when it conducts the nation's first carbon auction, taking the same approach that curbed lake-killing acid rain.

ITHACA - Scientists from the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology have recorded calls from endangered fin, humpback and North Atlantic right whales in waters surrounding New York ...

Absentee ballots made all the difference in the Republican primary for Maine highway superintendent.

The Maine-Endwell Transportation Department and the High School Homecoming Committee will sponsor a "Fill a School Bus for CHOW" drive as part of the district's 2008 Homecoming festivities.

Homeowners already pinched by high food and gas prices have grown increasingly anxious about staying warm this winter.

He was his father's child and his mother's son, a crafty politician and a sensitive aesthete at home in the studios of the artists he befriended.

Broome County Legislator Wayne Howard handily defeated his opponent in Tuesday's Republican primary but in one small town, only three votes separate three candidates, making the race in Maine too close to call.

Glen Race allegedly made his attempted escape to Mexico carrying weapons, maps, makeup, live ammunition, a first-aid kit and a ski mask.

MAINE -- As students waved and cheered, teachers at Maine Memorial Elementary School got in touch with their childhoods Wednesday.

Goddesses have taken over the exhibition space of Restigouche Gallery. 1 of 8 Hecate Medusa Rhea Sandra Stanton Gallery director Charline Lanteigne, centre, welcomes artist Sandra Stanton, right, to the ...