An investment group has signed an agreement to purchase Blethen Maine Newspapers, which owns the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, the Kennebec Journal in Augusta, the Morning Sentinel in Waterville and other media in the state.

Boater goes to prison for fatal collision in Maine

6 days ago

A man who drunkenly drove his high-speed powerboat over a smaller boat in a nighttime crash that killed two people was sent to prison Wednesday for 3 1/2 years.

Maine car dealers seek new third-party lenders

9 days ago

Maine car dealers are turning to credit unions and other sources for third-party loans for their customers as bank financing becomes tighter.

Fares to go up for Maine-to-Boston train service

15 days ago

Fares will soon be going up for the Downeaster passenger train that runs between Portland, Maine, and Boston.

GOP Sen. Collins escapes anti-GOP wave

19 days ago

As an anti-Bush, anti-Republican wave swamps many of that party's House and Senate candidates, GOP Sen. Susan Collins - a moderate often at odds with the party - appears to be riding it toward a third term.

Lobster prices tank as diners claw back spending

27 days ago

The price of Maine lobster, which accounts for 80 percent of the U.S. catch, is tanking.

US House race in Maine no shoo-in for the Democrat

30 days ago

The Maine stereotype holds that the people who populate the southern 1st Congressional District are a bunch of liberals who like taxes and gay rights and dislike hunting.

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