Residents will vote next month on an ordinance that would require all short-term rental units to be registered with the town. Properties would have to be permitted and subject to inspections and fees.

Jon Hough and his partner Lin Brown had been looking for housing ever since they moved into a short term rental in Yarmouth six months ago.

About 50 nurses and technicians at Down East Community Hospital in Machias are planning a two-day strike starting Tuesday.

An insurance group ranks Maine 14th among the 18 East Coast and Gulf Coast states that need to prepare buildings for possible hurricanes.

A Democratic leader in the Maine House says the Pine Tree State should consider changing how it awards presidential electors in order to counter-balance a similar potential change in Nebraska.

Club founder says "Hearts of Pine" is inspired by the Portland Valentine Bandit and the Maine state tree.

Baristas at the Portland-based Coffee by Design signed a collective bargaining agreement with the company this week, formally recognizing the union. The front-of-house workers are represented by Local 327 of the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA).

The Bureau of General Services has upheld the decision to award transportation contracts for Medicaid patients to an out-of-state company.

Nearly 300 people turned out Thursday night at the Simard Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston to mark the six-month anniversary of the worst mass shootings in Maine history.

An unusual ad has been appearing in a small weekly paper in southern Maine this month.