Maine law to set grading system for maple syrup
Maine is one of the nation's top maple syrup-producing states, and Gov. Paul LePage has signed a bill to change the way the sweet product is graded. Full story
Maine governor moves out of office over TV dispute
Maine's governor, who has gained attention in the past for telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt" and comparing the Internal Revenue Service to the Gestapo, has moved out of his office at the State House and says he'll work out of the governor's mansion because of a dispute over a television screen. Full story
Maine home sales jump 14 percent in April
The Maine Association of Realtors says sales of existing single-family homes in Maine jumped 14 percent in April compared to a year earlier, and the median sales price increased 4 percent. Full story
NH's Shea-Porter introduces pipeline amendment
New Hampshire U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter has introduced an amendment separating approval of the Keystone pipeline project from authorization of pipeline activity between Portland, Maine and Montreal, Canada. Full story
LePage: Eliminate Maine's income tax
Gov. Paul LePage says he wants to completely eliminate Maine's income tax. Full story
Maine university tuition rates to be frozen
University of Maine System trustees voted Monday to freeze tuition rates for the upcoming school year at 2012 levels for in-state undergraduate students. Full story
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Olympia Snowe: A five-day work week in Congress is essential
Fmr. Sen Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, joins Morning Joe to discuss her new book "Fighting for Common Ground," why it was important for her to leave the Senate and why a five-day work week for Congress is key to getting things right in D.C.
4 affordable trips for your family
Laura Begley Bloom from Travel + Leisure shows off eight trips that you can enjoy with your family during summer vacation, including Jekyll Island in Georgia, Hidden Pond in Maine, and a beach escape in Saint Lucia.
Daycare worker finds loaded gun in 4-year-old’s bag
Police say a worker at a family day care and pre-school in Maine went into the bag of a four year old boy looking for some clothes and discovered a loaded gun. NECN’s Marnie Maclean reports.
Make a Maine meal: Scallops, berry frappe
Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier, chefs and owners of Arrows Restaurant in Maine, show Kathie Lee and Hoda how to prepare a scallop dish with pappardelle, marjoram, and roasted garlic, topped off with a fresh berry frappe for dessert.
Sen. Collins latest to change position on gun control
Up for re-election in May, Sen. Susan Collins says she is being “besieged” by all sides in the gun control debate. She is expected to back gun control measures, which she acknowledged won’t be popular among some of the people in her state of Maine. NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell reports.
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Christopher Knight
This April 2013 booking photo released by the Kennebec County Sheriff's Office in Augusta, Maine, shows Christopher Knight, arrested Thursday, April 4, 2013, while stealing food from a camp in Rome, Maine. Authorities said Knight, known as the North Pond Hermit and who lived for 27 years in the woo
Kennebec County Jail booking photo of Christopher Knight
Christopher Knight, 47, is shown in this Kennebec County Jail booking photo following his arrest on April 4, 2013. After almost three decades of living like a hermit near a pond in central Maine, where he supported himself by stealing food from nearby camps, a 47-year-old man was arrested last week,
