Turnpike traffic up for Labor Day weekend

The turnpike authority was expecting traffic to drop 6 percent at the York toll plaza based on a think tank’s forecast.

Maine bridges act their age

Storm damage suggests a need for upgrades, but an MDOT official says the failure of two Route 27 spans resulted from ‘an extreme event.’

Groups hope to block plan to pipe crude oil

A Canadian company wants to pipe ‘tar sands’ oil from Alberta to South Portland for shipping.

N.H. firm plans to buy mills in Maine

A private equity firm plans to buy the closed paper mills in Millinocket and East Millinocket and reopen them, eventually employing more than 400 people in a region that now has an unemployment rate of 21 percent.

As part of the deal, the state would assume ownership of a toxic landfill in East Millinocket. A bill that Gov. Paul LePage signed into law in June allows the state to buy the landfill and caps the state’s liability for cleanup and containment costs at $17 million.

Under the agreement, the state will not accept the landfill unless the buyer, Cate Street Capital of Portsmouth, N.H., agrees to reopen the mills, said George Gervais, commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development.

Portsmouth firm to buy mills in the Millinockets

Cate Street Capital will work over the next few weeks to resolve any outstanding issues in the deal, company officials say.

Critics: Maine panel intent on ‘dismantling’ LURC

The land-use commission’s future is not being studied objectively, say some Democrats and environmentalists.

State closing parks, beaches and warning campers

“This is the Patriot’s Day Storm of April 2007 all over again, with a shorter duration and stronger wind.”

Control key issue in debate on LURC

Many in the unorganized territories say the agency meant to bring order has become a barrier to development.

So you want to be a lobsterman

There’s a catch. Current rules make it all but impossible for some residents to secure a license, and the industry is divided on how that might change.

Snowe says U.S. Senate is paralyzed by politics

Rather than trying to solve the nation’s problems, she says, the two major parties are vying to please their political bases.