Newly released video footage and a search warrant detail the events leading up to the mistaken apprehension of a Deering High School student in May.

What is presented by those supporting the voter ID referendum is a false choice. While an identification card to vote or register for voting is a legitimate thing, maybe in a large city, the referendum goes too far in limiting the ability to cast an absentee ballot. But that is never talked about, except as […]

New bollards, speed bumps and crosswalks have been added to Washington Avenue — part of a regional pilot program aimed at slowing down drivers and boosting safety.

Judith Stanton wishes humans could be more like bees. “They’re all doing everything for the good of the hive, the good of the community,” Stanton said. “It’s a perfect model that nature created. … Why can’t we do that same thing?” Stanton, owner of Harpswell Honey, is in her 20th season of beekeeping. With five […]

Last summer was Maine's hottest on record and data show the state is getting hotter.

This story is part of “Cultivating the Coast,” a special report that explores Harpswell’s rapidly growing aquaculture industry. Last year, Harpswell oyster farmer Samantha Bohan learned the town was considering a one-year moratorium on new aquaculture leases because of concerns about their impact on traditional fishing. Bohan had just started her own farm a year […]

A Creature Creations Art Pop-Up will precede the concert.

Edward Little graduate and UConn pitcher Drew Smith had strong summer with Sanford Mainers after rehabbing from Tommy John surgery.

Now that organizers have shown it can work, would bigger be better?

How did the wording of the citizens’ initiative question titled “An Act to Require an Individual to Present Photographic Identification for the Purpose of Voting” become the all-inclusive: “Do you want to change Maine election laws to eliminate two days of absentee voting, prohibit requests for absentee ballots by phone or family members, end ongoing […]