Biddeford council plans meeting with police chief to discuss sex abuse allegations

Critics have called for the suspension of Police Chief Roger Beaupre and Deputy Chief JoAnne Fisk, but Mayor Alan Casavant says the council won’t take action at Monday’s closed-door meeting.

Atlantic Cup sailing race coming to Portland in 2016

Next year’s race will finish with a New York-to-Portland leg, coinciding with the Old Port Festival on June 6.

A Word With the Boss: Agitator for entrepreneurship nurtures Maine’s startup community

Jess Knox says Maine Startup & Create Week uses the power of convening people from near and far to grow the skills and mindsets of innovation.

U.S. labor secretary tours Maine’s top defense sites

Sen. Susan Collins shows Thomas Perez apprenticeship programs at the Bath Iron Works and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery.

Consumers called losers in proposed cable merger

But federal regulators are expected to OK Charter Communications’ $55 billion bid for Time Warner Cable.

‘The Peacemaker’ of Waterboro has a Hollywood moment

Howe and Howe Technologies created the vehicle in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ the latest installment of the Road Warrior movie franchise.

Interactive: Population change in Maine towns, 2010-2014

Portland suburbs show greatest population gain in recent Census report

Among Maine’s 16 counties, only three – Cumberland, Waldo and York – increased population from 2010 to 2014.

Efforts advance to win federal contracts for Brunswick small businesses

King, Collins and Poliquin push to expand HUBZones – areas that get breaks in bidding – to include communities affected by military base closings.

Maine DOT clearing extensive swath along I-295 near Freeport

The clearing gives drivers a wider field of sight and allows in more sunshine to melt roadway ice in winter.