The mayors of Portland and South Portland voiced their opposition Wednesday to a proposed bill that would block municipalities from prohibiting short-term rentals such as Airbnb.

Supporters of the measure to amend the state constitution say out-of-state special interest groups are using the referendum process to raise taxes with ballot questions that voters don’t understand.

POLAND — The Ricker Memorial Library board of trustees wants to “gauge interest” from residents on whether to expand, renovate or keep the facility as is.

The governor signs on to a deal that would give Maine $258 million in benefits in exchange for a permit to build the 145-mile project to send power from Canada to Massachusetts.

The Genesis Community Loan Fund, a Brunswick-based lender, was awarded $1.165 million through the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.

Officials hope to move the Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education Center into 274 Front St., a former medical call center, by the end of the summer.

Councilors will also vote to update business loan programs.

A pair of conservation groups says it is purchasing the forestland.

Restoring the simple and meaningful 1901 design would be a great way to mark our bicentennial.

Gov. Janet Mills Thursday signed an executive order ending a year-old moratorium on wind turbine permits.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has chosen ConnectME as one of eight initial partner states to broaden and update the national broadband availability map.

Thursday night, the RSU 73 board of directors hired Robert Webster as interim superintendent.

When Rob Edgerley, founder and CEO of Maine Life Real Estate saw a “hottest towns” real estate sales list for another state a few years ago, he thought it might be fun to do one for Maine.

Maine’s craft brewing industry is concerned that sales could go flat during the federal government shutdown because the agency that processes licenses and approves labels for out-of-state beer sales has been closed since the shutdown began three weeks ago.

The Green Independent and Libertarian parties of Maine have agreed to work together to promote pro-democratic policies and protect individual liberties. Officers of each party held a joint press conference, at the Samantha Smith statue near the capitol building in Augusta, in front of the Maine State Museum, on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019 at 3 p.m.

This House seat, which covers the City of Bath, was previously held by Rep. Jennifer DeChant of Bath, who resigned her position on Feb. 1, 2019.

Plans call for a lumberyard and a showroom.

In confidential documents, the power company and its partners offer incentives over 40 years if regulators approve the 145-mile project through western Maine.

In an attempt to circumvent the electoral college, a group of liberal lawmakers, led by Rep. Deane Rykerson (D-Kittery), are sponsoring a bill (L.D. 418) that would enter an agreement with other states to give away Maine’s four electoral college votes to the candidate that wins the most votes across the other 49 states, plus Maine.