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Hallowell pub faces $17,000 fine for nearly 700 child labor law violations

By Leela Stockley on Dec 22, 2022 05:50 pm
The Quarry Tap Room is found to have violated child labor laws at least 691 times between May 2020 and April 2022.
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Man accused of robbing Bangor bank this week robbed a credit union in 2011

By Judy Harrison on Dec 22, 2022 04:47 pm
Donovan Steen robbed the Penobscot County Federal Credit Union, then located at 1 Merchants Plaza in downtown Bangor, on Jan. 18, 2011.
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Body found near Airport Mall in Bangor

By Leela Stockley on Dec 22, 2022 04:39 pm
The body of a man was found in a small field on the east side of the Airport Mall at around 11:15 a.m., according to police.
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White House issues warning as once-in-a-decade winter storm batters nation

By The Associated Press on Dec 22, 2022 04:22 pm
While New York and other East Coast cities won't have to contend with snow, high winds coupled with a new moon — which affects tides — raises the risk of coastal flooding from Chesapeake Bay to the Gulf of Maine.
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Lawsuit says prison tortured Maine man with years of solitary confinement

By Callie Ferguson on Dec 22, 2022 04:14 pm
Zachary Swain is suing the state over his treatment while he was incarcerated at the Maine State Prison between 2015 and 2022.
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New crime data collection system doesn’t reflect crime wave

By The Associated Press on Dec 22, 2022 04:00 pm
The number of crimes committed in Maine last year more than doubled, but it's because of a new crime data collection system, not a massive crime wave.
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International migration drove US population growth in 2022

By The Associated Press on Dec 22, 2022 03:49 pm
Regionally, the Northeast lost almost 219,000 people in a trend largely driven by domestic residents moving out of New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, as well as deaths outpacing births in Pennsylvania.
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Better forestry could boost carbon storage in New England by nearly half a billion tons

By Susan Sharon, Maine Public on Dec 22, 2022 03:37 pm
The study finds that improved forest practices could bolster carbon storage by 488 million metric tons, nearly a quarter of the emissions reductions New England needs to reach net-zero by 2050.
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Former contractors ordered to pay $740K to defrauded clients

By Leela Stockley on Dec 22, 2022 03:02 pm
Malcolm and Elizabeth Stewart must pay $744,253 to former clients they defrauded while operating the contracting business Castle Builders.
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‘Cousin Eddie’ display with robe, beer and cigar leads to police response

By The Associated Press on Dec 22, 2022 02:12 pm
After receiving the call, a dispatcher described the scene to responding officers as “a male standing outside. He is naked. He is exposing himself, and he has a hose between his legs.”
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