Portland-based Covetrus to be taken private in $4 billion deal

The veterinary products and services firm has agreed to an offer by 2 private equity firms that want to buy the company while retaining its Portland headquarters.

Criticism of Gov. Mills mounts in Portland over asylum seekers

A Portland city councilor says the governor has 'largely ignored' the crisis, while a state representative and party leader called the administration's response 'absolutely abysmal.'

Faculty members say departure of new UMA president not enough to quell concerns; some call for system chancellor to resign

UMaine System board of trustees takes no action on Chancellor Dannel P. Malloy's contract, which expires June 30, but expects to decide in the coming weeks whether to keep Malloy.

UMaine System faculty lose faith in chancellor as his contract comes up for renewal

‘He doesn’t understand or want to understand the issues the faculty are raising,’ said a professor from the Augusta campus, the first school to declare no confidence in Chancellor Dannel Malloy.

Maine Bicycle coalition to hold Women’s Ride June 4

Inmate stopped from escaping through Maine Med ceiling tiles, corrections officers say

Corrections workers in Maine thwarted an attempt by an inmate to escape from custody through bathroom ceiling tiles when he was at a hospital

Lane closures planned for the next five weeks at busy I-295 exit in Portland

Portland officials say some lanes need to be closed for paving work related to a massive sewer project in Back Cove.

After 25 years, Abyssinian Meeting House restoration is sprinting toward completion

A recent $1.7 million federal budget allocation should make it possible to complete the decades-long project well before the building's 200th anniversary.

Abortion rights supporters, opponents confront each other in downtown Portland

Abortion rights demonstrators use tambourines, drums, water bottles filled with spare change and a megaphone to try to drown out anti-abortion protesters.

Brunswick vapers look elsewhere

Vape stores in other cities already are seeing more Brunswick customers in the weeks before Brunswick's flavored tobacco and nicotine ban goes into effect.