2+ hour, 3+ min ago   (603+ words) The BDN Editorial Board operates independently from the newsroom, and does not set policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on'bangordailynews.com. Americans seem deeply divided on many issues. But, there is one thing…...

7+ hour, 42+ min ago   (1088+ words) Nearly 1,000 households displaced by catastrophic wildfires in Maui are anxiously awaiting word on whether federal assistance helping them stay housed will be left to expire, forcing them to find new housing or pay more for it in one of the…...

10+ hour, 56+ min ago   (555+ words) The Friday gathering outside the federal immigration building in the city of Santa Ana was in response to the shooting death of Renee Good in Minneapolis by a federal agent, which has kicked off a wave of protests around the…...

17+ hour, 27+ min ago   (813+ words) Lower courts ruled for the transgender athletes in Idaho and West Virginia who challenged the state bans, but the conservative-dominated Supreme Court gave no indication after more than three hours of arguments that it would follow suit. Instead, at least…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (277+ words) The All Roads Music Festival, which started as a showcase for Maine-based independent music in Belfast 11 years ago, is expanding to Portland where it will focus more on nationally touring musicians and larger venues. The festival will take place in…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (403+ words) While his peers were outside backpacking and canoeing, Kieran Blunnie remembers spending a lot of his time as a teen in a tiny print shop in the basement of the art center at Camp Kieve in Nobleboro. "I was the…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (151+ words) An earthquake shook Ellsworth on Saturday morning. The magnitude 1.8 temblor shook the ground at a depth of 6.3 miles about 3.1 miles north-northeast of the Hancock County seat about 5:12 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Since 1997, there have been more than 170 recorded earthquakes'in…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (246+ words) An arson fire over the weekend that badly damaged the historic synagogue's library and administrative offices made it much harder and harkened back to an era more than a half-century earlier when the Ku Klux Klan bombed the Jackson, Mississippi,…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (368+ words) A Maine-based watchdog group said major retailers are violating the state's ban on products containing toxic "forever chemicals." The ban on consumer products with intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, was extended Jan. 1to include items such as cookware,…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (850+ words) Alma Figueroa began to worry when she learned that her gas provider wanted to test a controversial solution to curb global warming: blend hydrogen with natural gas to power her stove and other appliances. Figueroa, who has asthma and recently…...