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  • A $350K lobster turf war is being waged in Hancock County's waters

    November 1, 2016

    There's a turf war going on off the waters of Hancock County and Operation Game Thief, in cooperation with the Maine Department of Marine Resources, is offering a $15,000 reward for any information that helps the Maine Marine Patrol catch the

    November 1, 2016
  • Portland landlord found not guilty of manslaughter from Noyes Street fire

    October 24, 2016

    Portland landlord Gregory Nisbet was found not guilty on all counts of manslaughter stemming from the deaths of six people in Maine's worst fire in decades.

    October 24, 2016
  • Health Access Network employee fired over data breach

    October 20, 2016

    An employee has been fired from Health Access Network after she improperly accessed clinical data for less than 500 of the federally funded community health center's 17,000 patients.

    October 20, 2016
  • Teens allegedly cause $217K of damage to vacant Presque Isle eatery

    October 19, 2016

    Kids just being kids? Not quite, as five teenagers are now facing felony charges for causing an estimated $217,000 worth of damage to the vacant Crow's Nest restaurant and events center in Presque Isle.

    October 19, 2016
  • Feds investigate suspected welfare fraud at Portland market

    October 18, 2016

    The owner of Ahram Halal Market on Forest Avenue in Portland is being investigated by federal authorities in connection with suspected welfare fraud.

    October 18, 2016
  • Bangor Savings warns public about text scam

    Staff October 7, 2016

    Yet another phone scam has made its way to the state, as Bangor Savings Bank is warning both its customers and non-customers of a text-based phishing scam.

    Staff October 7, 2016
  • Small businesses lose thousands through utility scam

    September 30, 2016

    Emera Maine is warning customers of a new sophisticated telephone scam that has already cost a number of its small business customers thousands of dollars.

    September 30, 2016
  • Two lobstermen charged with running illegal operation

    Staff September 14, 2016

    Following a seven-month investigation, the Maine Marine Patrol has charged two midcoast lobstermen with operating an illegal fishing operation.

    Staff September 14, 2016
  • State officials warn consumers of fraudulent text-messaging scam

    Staff September 13, 2016

    Officials at Maine's Bureau of Financial Institutions at the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation are warning residents of a scam involving text messages that appear to come from a consumer's bank or credit union.

    Staff September 13, 2016
  • Portland company faces $1.25M ruling over sea urchin imports

    August 29, 2016

    The Portland-based ISF Trading Co. has pleaded guilty to illegally importing live Canadian sea urchins valued at $172,800.

    August 29, 2016
  • Spike in card skimming has Maine institutions on high alert

    Lori Valigra August 8, 2016

    While the rest of Maine celebrated a long weekend, Scott Chretien discovered thieves had installed a skimming device to read bank cards at the drive-through teller at the York County Federal Credit Union's Sanford headquarters.

    Lori Valigra August 8, 2016
  • DeLorme wants review of $6.2M penalty over imported belt clip

    July 19, 2016

    Yarmouth-based navigational company DeLorme has requested that the U.S. Supreme Court review a $6.2 million penalty assessed against the company by the International Trade Commission over an alleged patent violation. The penalty predates the company

    July 19, 2016
  • FBI probing $118K embezzlement by ex-Westbrook city worker

    June 9, 2016

    Westbrook Mayor Colleen Hilton released a public statement Wednesday confirming that a former employee embezzled $118,000 and that the FBI and Westbrook police are looking into suspicious transactions in the private bank accounts of that employee,

    June 9, 2016
  • Tour bus operator to pay $30K in settlement over trip deposits

    Staff June 3, 2016

    Barry Somes, a former tour bus operator, has agreed to pay $30,782 in restitution to 38 consumers that Maine Attorney General Janet Mills said were deceived into booking vacation trips in the Northeast United States and Canada that never happened.

    Staff June 3, 2016
  • Peter J. DeTroy, prominent commercial lawyer, dies

    May 31, 2016

    Peter J. DeTroy, a commercial litigator, died suddenly over Memorial Weekend. Over a four-decade career, DeTroy represented individuals, entrepreneurs and businesses of all size. He was a partner at Norman Hanson DeTroy in Portland.

    May 31, 2016
  • Top labor firm announces new collective bargaining agreement

    January 18, 2016

    Topsham-based McTeague Higbee, which has represented organized labor for the past 35 years, completed negotiations for a second three-year collective bargaining agreement for its unionized employees within the Machinists union, it said Jan. 16.

    January 18, 2016

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