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Even in their 80s, these Mainers are still commanding aircrafts

Octogenarian pilots from across Maine and as far away as North Carolina gathered in Bangor this weekend for a meeting of the United Flying Octogenarians. Read More

Fire breaks out at reopened Old Town mill

A new veterans cemetery in Washington County will be the 2nd in Maine run by feds

Limestone residents commemorate 25 years since Loring Air Force Base closed

Women arrested for going topless at NH beach appeal to Supreme Court

Archaeologists race to uncover colonial fort buried beneath a Maine road before it’s too late

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Supporters celebrate three years since the creation of the North Woods national monument

Ex-Rep. Joe Walsh to challenge Trump in 2020 GOP primary

Giant puppets and John Bapst musicians kicked off the 17th annual American Folk Festival

The folk festival this year featured a smaller foo...

White House says Trump regrets not raising tariffs higher on Chinese goods

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he had second thoughts about escalating the trade war with China, but the White House later reversed that message. Read More

Camden will soon decide the fate of a 200-year-old dam in the heart of downtown

If you’ve ever taken a trip to Camden Harbor, you’...

Former Bangor school official had history of interest in child porn, court document says

After Maine State Police seized electronics from A...

Naples man accused of driving off in a motor home without paying for it

Orrington man charged in downtown shooting at Bangor restaurant posts bail

Lincoln man facing sex charge accused of contacting pregnant 15-year-old victim from jail

Police charge man in string of Portland burglaries

Even in their 80s, these Mainers are still commanding aircrafts

Octogenarian pilots from across Maine and as far away as North Carolina gathered in Bangor this weekend for a meeting of the United Flying Octogenarians. Read More

Giant puppets and John Bapst musicians kicked off the 17th annual American Folk Festival

The folk festival this year featured a smaller foo...

Fire breaks out at reopened Old Town mill

Brewer volleyball nearly doubles number of players trying out after successful first season

UMaine football team regains services of 2 key offensive players in time for season opener

Wabanaki artists honored at largest Native American art show in the world

Orrington man charged in downtown shooting at Bangor restaurant posts bail

Maine has to spend $1 million on computer upgrades because Windows 7 won’t update

Maine taxpayers will have to spend more than $1 million to upgrade state computer software because Microsoft will no longer provide free security updates for the aging operating system. Read More

It’s not quite MDI, but Blue Hill has its share of high-end, high-status estates

When it comes to the highest of high-end propertie...

Bangor wants to overhaul a short stretch of Broadway that had 80 crashes in 3 years

The city of Bangor is considering a series of chan...

If there’s anything worse than excessive spending, it’s excessive debt

Lawmakers should seek to avoid new debt at all costs. Read More

Maine joins other states using courts to override the Trump administration

Satire lets us laugh at our politics

There’s still time to pass ranked-choice voting for March primary

Maine needs consistent policy on hemp and CBD

There’s long-term value in each part of the bond proposal before the Legislature

Jay Inslee’s exit shows how bad our presidential selection process is

Monday, Aug. 26, 2019: Bond votes, cruise ship noise pollution, Maine’s broadband connectivity

Popeyes Chicken sandwich is an economic indicator

The Amazon is burning. We should all care.

Racing fans getting their fill at Oxford Speedway

Operators said there has been an uptick in interest since the New Hampshire International Speedway lost one of its NASCAR dates. Read More

It takes more than just luck to know when to retire

US patent office sacks Tom Brady’s ‘Tom Terrific’ application

9th inning homer lifts the Red Sox to victory over the Padres

Portland Sea Dogs snap 5-game losing streak with win over Trenton

Portland Sea Dogs fall to Trenton, 4-2

Racing fans getting their fill at Oxford Speedway

It takes more than just luck to know when to retire

US patent office sacks Tom Brady’s ‘Tom Terrific’ application

9th inning homer lifts the Red Sox to victory over the Padres

Fire destroys Clinton barn

Tenants in an apartment attached to the barn and the owner were able to get horses inside the barn out safely. Read More

Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus in Vermont

Trump says Japan trade deal reached, but Abe warns more work remains

Pedestrian struck and killed by Massachusetts police cruiser has been identified

Boston Globe reporter who helped expose Whitey Bulger as an FBI informant dies

Britain’s Prince Andrew issues new statement to ‘clarify’ his ties to Jeffrey Epstein

Duck of Justice requested for audience with a tourist from the North

Summer’s not over, but I would chance a guess that our visitor’s list has been ink’d by more international-types than ever before. Asia, UK, Australia, South Africa, and, of course, Canada. Naturally, we have lots of visitors from...

‘What is on your bucket list?’

Lubec to switch from ‘Ayuh’ to ‘Arrrrrgh’ during Labor Day Weekend pirate invasion

Blistered Fingers Bluegrass Festival to celebrate 53rd year

The Harvard Din and Tonics to return to St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church

St. John’s Organ Society concert series to conclude with program by Kevin Birch

University of Massachusetts at University of Maine

Camden International Film Festival announces film slate and storyforms immersive lineup for 15th edition

Barbara Prey book signing: ‘Borrowed Light’

Folk-rock legend Roger McGuinn to play at Camden Opera House Labor Day Weekend

What to read, listen to and watch this August

Earlier this year, my kids and I fell in love with “The Good Witch,” a Hallmark show with reruns on Netflix. It’s not quite the typical formulaic show you’d expect from the channel created by a greeting card company, but it is pre...

How these Maine downtowns turned themselves around after decades of decline

Though life as the community knew it in Bucksport ...

What to sip and where to eat this August in Greater Bangor

From restaurant dishes to drinks, cooking products...

Loon reunion

Duck crossing in Biddeford

This right whale gets partially disentangled off Cape Cod

1-minute paddle: Kidney Pond in Baxter State Park

Watch this mother moose and her calf scurry across an Alaskan highway

Here’s a look at Maine’s bustling craft beer scene

Watch as lightening strikes in Madawaska

Maine has to spend $1 million on computer upgrades because Windows 7 won’t update

In Maine, Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg pitches return to ‘American values’

Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Sara Gideon slapped with Republican ethics complaints

Paul LePage downplays past criticism of Susan Collins: ‘I absolutely endorse’ her

The push to get addiction medication treatment into Maine jails is underway

She could have gone to prison. Here’s the path she took instead.

Here’s what ads over the CMP corridor say, and where they’re misleading

Ads spent on the CMP corridor topped $1.8 million. The source of much of that money is a secret.

Fast-growing Lewiston marketing company gets personal in the digital age

Union rejects Twin Rivers contract

Portland’s Brian Boru Public House will close after more than 25 years

Bangor’s former Spectacular Event Center could soon belong to a growing aviation company

How to choose herding dogs

Take your summer squash from side to main dish with a little ricotta

How to start a market garden

A midcoast Maine farm is opening a pick-your-own hemp field

Self diagnosis and other bad ideas

A tourist infected with measles visited Disneyland and other Southern California hotspots in mid-August

Babies born addicted to opioids deserve legal recognition, lawyers say

Cancer patients can now apply to have their student loan payments postponed

I love finding a great new author

Fishing Disasters

Birds with crossed beaks are back in Maine

Flowers and butterflies abound while hiking Riverbrook Preserve in Waldoboro

Giant puppets and John Bapst musicians kicked off the 17th annual American Folk Festival

Wabanaki artists honored at largest Native American art show in the world

Why a Belfast man wants artists to paddle down the Penobscot River

New music including Purple Mountains, Big Thief, Foals and Lana Del Rey on this week’s West Of The Fields podcast

Bangor pizza food truck to open brick and mortar restaurant downtown this fall

Honoré Mercier “Takes the Heart of Young America” at Old Orchard Beach

Portland restaurant Silly’s to close after 31 years as owner bows out of ‘hipster artisan’ neighborhood

You don’t have to wait in line for this lobster roll

The Power and Importance of Shared Stories

Turkey Tetrazzini – going on leave…

The horse and I – Hi-yo Silver, etc.

Giving Back is the WCM Way

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