New Mainers are buying and operating village markets and variety stores across the state, often in rural areas where they are preserving the only retail access to gas, groceries and other necessities for miles around.

The 1956 Cessna 170B was trying to take off when it crashed around 1:30 p.m. Monday, state police said.

The Vermont independent stumped with progressive candidates for Senate and governor against 'oligarchy,' the MAGA movement and the Democratic party establishment before a crowd of several thousand.

Transitioning an older loved one into a nursing home or assisted living facility is difficult, especially when you’re trying to figure out whether a facility will be safe and meet their needs.

In recent years, the Democrat from Windham had become a fervent critic of Maine's child protective system.

If you could make one small shift in your daily routine to help safeguard the home of over 80% of Earth’s life, would you do it? Summer beach season is a perfect time to explore how our household decisions can ripple out to protect creatures we seldom encounter but that play critical roles in our […]

The Maine Marine Patrol said it is investigating the death of the 74-year-old sailor, who was reported missing Sunday.

Each summer, when I was a boy, we would drive the long, winding series of state roads to Maine to visit my mother’s parents. Auburn residents, they had a small, uninsulated cottage on Martin’s Point in Friendship. And until my father and my grandmother got on each other’s nerves (usually around day four), the tiny […]

For the past two years, a group of friends and I have traveled to Campobello Island in New Brunswick for kayaking, biking and hiking adventures in August. After I wrote a couple of columns about our kayaking exploits, a reader who lives on Campobello recommended nearby Deer Island for more stimulating paddling escapades. During the […]

Several matchups between likely regional and state title contenders are on this year's docket.