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.

Gov. Janet Mills proposes an $8 billion plan that would increase General Fund spending 11%, saying Maine can afford to put more money into schools, public safety and municipal revenue sharing.

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.

Maine Public Utilities Commission has scheduled a settlement conference for Tuesday on Central Maine Power’s proposal to create a 145-mile transmission line through western Maine in order to deliver hydro-power from Hydro Quebec to electricity customers in Massachusetts.

The grants are made possible by the Maine Coastal Program, Department of Marine Resources, which provides funding through Maine’s federal coastal zone management award from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. Each project involves regional or local-level partnerships and each grantee provides a minimum of 25% in matching funds or services.

The bill, which will be considered by the Legislature, would use low-interest revenue bonds to buy the transmission and distribution assets of Maine’s two largest for-profit utilities.

Maine’s new governor solicits proposals for what’s likely to be a visible affirmation of renewable energy.

With the shift in political priorities, lawmakers propose dozens of bills, including ‘a bold idea’: A Green New Deal.

Active duty Coast Guard members and their families, including several hundred in Maine, don’t know when the next paycheck will arrive.

Peter J. Wright, most recently president and CEO of Valley Regional Healthcare in Claremont, N.H., has been named president of Bridgton and Rumford hospitals.

Former Gov. LePage held up Bar Harbor’s purchase of its ferry terminal, and the federal government shutdown has gotten in the way of a lease for Bay Ferries.

The ownership group of the former St. Louis Church at 80 Third st. has decided to pull the plug on its efforts to redevelop the historic building. As a result, the city will foreclose on the property.

JAY — The Regional School Unit 73 board unanimously accepted the resignation of Superintendent Todd LeRoy on Thursday evening, effective immediately.

The Public Utilities Commission’s legal process includes power to compel witnesses to testify, participation by stakeholders, technical conferences and public hearings.

By a tally of 155-4, staff members from the four schools in Regional School Unit 73 have voted no confidence in Superintendent Todd LeRoy.

LEWISTON — Three years ago, Laura Catevenis’ daughter was a year old, they were living on $367 a month in welfare benefits and Catevenis told state workers she didn’t want to go back to work.