HAMPTON BEACH — 2024 has proven, so far, to be full of unusual events, beginning with our strange weather and extensive flooding this past winter to some unusual animals showing up in the Gulf of Maine. I really hope that it isn’t a harbinger of what is to come! Last weekend, I sent Catriel to […]
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Two Republican state lawmakers, one endorsed by former President Donald Trump, are seeking the chance to try to unseat one of the most conservative Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives in a Maine district rocked by a mass shooting last year. The two members of the Maine House of Representatives […]
Jun. 10—Maine voters will head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in congressional and legislative primaries and to vote on school budgets, local referendums and municipal races. Polling places around the state will be open until 8 p.m., with opening times varying by municipality. In Portland, the polls open at 7 a.m. All absentee […]
Jun. 7—The driver in a crash that killed four Maine Maritime Academy students in December 2022 was sentenced to three years in prison and four years of probation in a Hancock County courtroom Friday. Joshua Goncalves-Radding, 21, of North Babylon, New York, was convicted on four counts of manslaughter, four counts of aggravated operating under […]
Jun. 7—Remote work has remained popular in Maine several years after the COVID-19 pandemic, with the number of worksites in Maine recently exceeding the number of jobs added. Before the pandemic, jobs and worksites increased at similar rates, according to a recent report by the Center for Workforce Research and Information at the Maine Department […]
Jun. 7—Three Democrats are competing for an open seat representing part of Cape Elizabeth in the Maine House of Representatives. Former state senator and representative Cynthia Dill, former state Rep. Kimberly Monaghan and political newcomer Michelle Boyer will face off in the primary election on Tuesday. The three are seeking to fill the House District […]
Jun. 6—Sounds of laughter, fake coughs and the crunching of hazmat suits filled a parking lot at Southern Maine Community College on Thursday while volunteers participated in a full-scale disaster training exercise. Community members sprawled out on the grass, pretending to be unconscious before they were carried to bright yellow tents on stretchers. Other people […]
Jun. 6—An energy and port services company is pitching its Mack Point industrial site for an offshore wind port as an alternative to nearby Sears Island preferred by the state and opposed by local residents. Sprague Operating Resources LLC on Thursday released details of its plan for Maine’s offshore wind project in Searsport. It says […]
In an email shared with Maine Morning Star, the lobbyist working for Meta wrote Rep. Maggie O’Neil to inform her that he was working with Sen. Lisa Keim on a data privacy bill. (Leon Neal/Getty Images) Significant time and energy went into crafting two competing proposals for a landmark data privacy law during the last […]
Jun. 5—Maine regulators have ordered a broad audit of the state’s second-largest electric utility, citing unspecified “questions and concerns” related to rate increases and other actions. The Public Utilities Commission did not say precisely why it directed the audit of Versant Power on May 29. It cited four cases before the agency, including two for […]
Jun. 5—Maine’s attorney general is suing a religious leader in Westbrook, accusing him of defrauding immigrants by charging them for legal assistance on their immigration paperwork — often with detrimental mistakes — even though he had no qualifications to offer such advice. Attorney General Aaron Frey says that Shonda Okonda, 48, has violated state and […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Representatives for a Maine company that plans to send small satellites into space from the Northeast’s most rural state said they will start launches next year. Brunswick-based bluShift Aerospace hopes to turn Maine into a hub for the launching of commercial nanosatellites and has been making progress toward that goal for […]