In a new economic forecast being released this week, the New England Economic Partnership says the region is expected to return to pre-recession employment levels by 2015.

In complaints in Cumberland County Superior Court, Jeffrey and Frederick Conroy say they were abused in the 1970s, when they were altar boys at St. Michael's Parish in South Berwick.

New Hampshire U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter has introduced an amendment that would protect pipeline activity between Portland, Maine and Montreal, Canada.

Federal prosecutors said Carole Orem-Hough of South Portland billed insurance companies for two counseling sessions a week when she saw the patient once per week.

Kyle Dube, 20, of Orono has been charged with murder in the death of Glenburn teen Nichole Cable, 15.

The Republican governor said Monday that if re-elected he would make eliminating the state income tax a goal.

Hawkeye LLC of Hauppauge, N.Y., charges in the suit filed in federal court in Portland that CMP failed to deliver needed material on time and in sequence.

The Maine Human Rights Commission supported an investigator's finding that Kelly Roy was retaliated and discriminated against after she reported concerns about financial irregularities to her supervisor.

Authorities say Vincent Turner, 42, was stabbed in the chest by 43-year-old Tony Leonard during a drunken brawl in October.

Jammie Dickinson and Kyle Stewart, of Houlton, and Crystal Dehahn of Hodgdon are charged with drug trafficking and endangering the welfare of a child.

The three options under consideration are to keep the status quo, close the fishery or set a catch quota.

State police said a body found in the woods likely is that of a 15-year-old girl from Glenburn last seen more than a week ago.

The Maine medical examiner has determined that a Saco man who was in a police standoff before setting his house on fire died of a single self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Maine State Police and 83 other law enforcement agencies in Maine have kicked off their annual campaign to crack down on seat belt violators.

L.L. Bean's grandson Leon Gorman is retiring as company chairman after more than 50 years as chairman or CEO, but the privately held company is keeping the position in the family.