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Jumpers, pole vaulters push for new heights this outdoor season.

Brunswick upperclassmen aim to maintain recent success.

The blaze along Highland Avenue was started by a 'campfire that was not extinguished properly,' the Scarborough Fire Department says.

The governor spoke with a Maine Trust reporter this week about her national reputation as a leader willing to stand up to President Donald Trump and about whether she will run for higher office.

Eighty years after a torpedo ripped through the hull of the USS Eagle PE-56, just 5 miles off the coast of Cape Elizabeth’s Portland Headlight, the United States Navy on Wednesday bestowed a posthumous Purple Heart to the great-nephew of Eagle crewman Norris W. Jones. On April 23, 1945, just one day after his 20th […]

The state's education leaders said signing the letter would 'bind the Maine DOE to language of executive orders or other federal guidance without the force of law.'

A Sabino couple is donating a collection of nautical-themed items and boats they've been collecting for 50 years.

Bowdoin hopes to use Wednesday's double-overtime loss to Tufts as a stepping stone to a deep playoff run.

The University of Maine was ordered to halt work on the research project just weeks before it had planned to launch its most advanced floating wind turbine yet.

In response to concerns about increasing behavioral issues in schools, and a bill heard Wednesday would allow school staff to use restraint and seclusion in more situations.