This is the first in a two-part Harpswell Anchor series about the U.S. Navy’s development and operation of the Casco Bay Fuel Depot at what is now George J. Mitchell Field. There are a few people in town who walk on Mitchell Field and see things nobody else sees. While everyone sees the meadows and […]

The areas of the state experiencing drought or abnormally dry conditions have expanded, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Regulators' decision could also affect people in retirement communities and mobile home cooperatives who band together to fund solar projects.

The 8-year-old girl was attempting to cross Main Street on Wednesday afternoon when she was hit by the ambulance, according to police.

The Damariscotta Historical Society will hold its annual silent auction event from Sept. 2-12 to raise funds to preserve ancient burial grounds in Damariscotta. The silent auction will open at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Skidompha Library at 184 Main St. with more than 150 items, including an outdoor fire pit, tools from Calvin Dodge, a […]

The Lady Knox Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Rockland Public Library will present “The Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Patriots of the Tolman Cemetery” with archivist Mary Kelly at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4. Kelly will offer a history talk based on the DAR chapter’s newly published nonfiction book, “Fighting […]

The seasoned musicians who collaborated with Gordon Lightfoot on his world-famous recordings and toured extensively with him in North America and internationally for decades will perform at Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House on Saturday, Aug. 30. The Lightfoot Band is touring this year celebrating the music of their bandmate Gordon Lightfoot. The band includes legendary veterans […]

Mainers who can afford to get into a bidding war for a week in a French villa and Mainers struggling to afford food for their families might as well be living in different worlds entirely. Standing in the gap between those worlds is Newcastle resident Erica Berman, who traded in her life as a boutique […]

'Working Granite: Italian Stonecutters and their Union' at the Maine Historical Society highlights one of Maine's earliest labor unions, started by stone workers in 1877.

I want to thank Sen. Susan Collins for her leadership during recent debates over cancelling international assistance funding. Sen. Collins demonstrated real leadership by holding substantive hearings on international assistance funding, consistently voting against harmful cuts, and providing a platform for bipartisan voices to defend programs like the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), […]