By Meg Haskell, Bangor Daily News, Maine Dec. 22--On Friday, a federal district court judge in Bangor ruled against a new state law that would have made it easier for doctors to keep their prescription writing confidential. The law that would have gone into effect Jan.

By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News, Maine Jan. 3--A federal appeals court has ordered the former owner of the HoltraChem plant to pay for detailed studies of mercury pollution in the Penobscot River downstream from the contaminated Orrington site.