The Plein Air Art Festival runs Aug. 13-23 and features over 20 artists painting scenes of nature throughout town.

Maine Family Planning, a statewide network of 18 clinics, stands to lose about $1.9 million and says it may have to stop providing primary care without the federal funding.

If parents fail to show an interest in their child's schooling, the child will assume it isn't important.

Douglas Rooks’ recent op-ed on Trump’s goal of an ignorant electorate (Aug. 7) brought two authors to mind: Franklin D. Roosevelt and George Orwell. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945. April 12 of this year was also the end of National Library Week. As Rooks laments the withdrawal of funding for knowledge and […]

The color has many connotations, from growing things to climate change.

Maine can serve as a national model for reform with its constitutional provisions requiring two-thirds approval.

Karin Tilberg's 'Loving the North Woods' gives a detailed history of the region's recent conservation, but misses a few key points.

No need to get fancy, but do set out some rules from the start. For instance, everyone has to read the book. Also, remember to thank the host.

The commission and the Trust for Public Land hope to preserve the 13.3-acre parcel off Hope Avenue, which went into foreclosure and goes up for auction Friday.

One of the Maine’s most iconic landmarks was once occupied by Maine’s most famous son and his family. And the story of its legendary history and how it got to where it is still greets visitors today. In 1824 Colonel Jesse Pierce, a Brunswick store keeper, built a small home at 4 Potter St., which […]