3+ hour, 4+ min ago  (366+ words) Cary Weston is a Bangor business owner and former city councilor. There is something quietly inspiring about a person who spends their life in a passion. Not just someone who is talented, but someone who shows up for decades because…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (224+ words) A Thomaston resident has pleaded guilty to assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent last summer. Olivia Wilkins, 24, entered their plea Monday morning in U.S. District Court in Portland, according to the U.S. attorney's office. Wilkins was driving a 1997 Lexus with Texas plates'on Route…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (568+ words) MACHIAS, Maine " The Upper Machias Bay Master Plan Leadership Committee has released its recommendations for infrastructure improvements following a public meeting earlier this month. Longer-term solutions include'obtaining a full engineering report on stormwater system upgrades and raising funds to carry…...

23+ hour, 54+ min ago  (489+ words) After numerous contractors filed liens against a Mount Desert hotel and forced the owner into bankruptcy, the property is being sold for $60 million. Tim Harrington, who owns a number of hotels and glampgrounds'along Maine's coastline, has signed an agreement'to sell'the…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (500+ words) Jude Killy is vice president and director of athletics at the University of Maine. At the 2026 Winter Olympics, the University of Maine had more alumni participating'than almost any other college in the country. Among the Black Bears in the games'were…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (404+ words) With the massive change in the NCAA landscape in recent years, in which Division I institutions are now able to pay their players, the University of Maine has established a fund'to do so in order to remain competitive. The Black…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (438+ words) BOSTON " A federal appeals court on Monday largely upheld a ruling that blocked a "sweeping and unprecedented" freeze on trillions of dollars in government financial assistance that President Donald Trump's administration instituted early last year. A three-judge panel of the…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago  (412+ words) Ellsworth has decided to spend $750,000 to rebuild its school track and soccer field. The project will fix long-lingering repairs at the Ellsworth Elementary Middle School athletic facility, where decades of wear have left the surface uneven, cracked and slippery. The…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (416+ words) PoliticsOur political journalists are based in the Maine State House and have deep source networks across the partisan spectrum in communities all over the state. Their coverage aims to cut through major debates and probe how officials make decisions. Read…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (236+ words) A Connecticut man accused of assaulting a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer'in Lubec pleaded not guilty. Devin Austin Bishop, 29, of Manchester, Connecticut, is charged with one count each'of assaulting a federal officer, and failing to report his arrival and present…...