The administration of Gov. Janet Mills recently said it will end a small program that provides free, universal access to online Advanced Placement classes particularly valuable for high school students who want to attend out-of-state colleges.
In recent years, Maine’s so-called farming renaissance has been vaunted as both a hopeful spot in the state’s economy and a magnet that is drawing some young people back to the land.
Maine’s economic growth slowed markedly in the 4th quarter of 2018. According to the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis, Maine’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at a rate of just 0.7 percent during the final three months of last year.
The strangest part of Activas Diagnostics’ office space located in the UpStart Center for Entrepreneurship in Orono is the twin bed in the middle of the room.
A mile-long stretch of Route 15 in South Brewer stretching south from Interstate 395 to the Orrington town line is one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is calling on residents to get tested for sexually transmitted infections amid a spike in cases of gonorrhea and syphilis in the state.
A version of the “Medicare for all” bill championed by Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, several of his rivals for the nomination and the two Democrats in Maine’s congressional delegation is getting its first committee hearing on Tuesday.
The tradition of releasing balloons at weddings, birthdays and memorials may soon get deflated by lawmakers in more than half a dozen states.
Maine is joining a handful of states that have renamed Columbus Day to honor Native Americans.
A Superior Court justice found Friday that police did not beat a confession out of the man accused of slaying Somerset County Deputy Cpl. Eugene Cole, but threw out some statements John D. Williams made to investigators along with his re-enactment of the alleged crime.
