Kelley Bouchard

The state Senate on Wednesday voted against L.D. 1977, which would limit the ability of businesses to target ads to certain people based on personal data collected online.

Apr. 17—Competing proposals to protect the online data privacy of Maine residents ran aground Wednesday as the Legislature scrambled to wrap its 2024 session.

To shorten trip times, the operator of the Amtrak Downeaster is considering relocating the Portland station to one of 3 sites along St. John Street.

Apr. 19—The operator of the Amtrak Downeaster hopes to increase the passenger train's efficiency and appeal to travelers by building a new Portland station along the main rail line that runs from Boston to Brunswick.

Service expansions by Breeze, Frontier and other airlines could push summer passenger numbers to 2 million.

Tekαkαpimək Contact Station, the welcome center at Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, is slated to open this summer. Designed in collaboration with Wabanaki leaders, it is one of the first major efforts in the state to boost Indigenous tourism.

The Virginia, a reconstruction of a ship built at Popham Colony, is on course to get full Coast Guard passenger certification this fall. This summer, it's available to carry up to 6 passengers at a time.

So far this year, 42 people have died on Maine roads, an increase over 29 deaths at this time in 2023, but the numbers have seesawed up and down since 2020.

Troopers and detectives are at the scene of an incident near mile marker 18 on the southbound side of the highway.

May 9—Maine State Police are investigating an incident along Interstate 295 in Freeport, spokeswoman Shannon Moss confirmed at 5:15 p.m. Thursday.