Letter: Beem's analysis is on target

Letter: Yarmouth watershed trust appreciates column

Man killed in Standish accident

Man killed in Standish accident

Portland police investigate fatal shooting

Portland police are investigating a fatal shooting that happened early this morning.

Police seek driver of car that hit pool

The driver, a woman, yelled that she was OK, and then fled, police say.

Former Gouldsboro cannery to start new life this week

GOULDSBORO — The factory that held the nation’s last sardine cannery is expected to start a new life this week processing lobsters. The company Live Lobster is expected to begin processing frozen lobster tails and frozen and fresh lobster meat at the Gouldsboro plant once owned by Stinson Seafood. The lobster meat will be sold […]

Musical tribute to NH/Maine bridge off

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Officials in Portsmouth and Kittery, Maine have told musicians on both sides of the border not to hold a planned “jam session” on the recently closed Memorial Bridge between the communities. Musicians and fans had planned on meeting in the middle of the bridge Monday for a tribute concert. But authorities as […]

College of the Atlantic gets $2M challenge grant

BAR HARBOR — Bar Harbor’s College of the Atlantic has received a $2 million challenge grant from well-known philanthropist Kathryn W. Davis. The grant will endow the Kathryn W. Davis Global Engagement Fund Toward Peace, which will enable students to study, conduct research and attend conference in other countries around the world. As a challenge […]

State senator to decide role as sporting group head

AUGUSTA — State Sen. David Trahan says he’ll decide this week about his future role in the Legislature now that he’s been chosen to take over as executive director of the 14,000-member Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine. The Waldoboro Republican sought the advice of the state ethics commission on holding on to or resigning from his […]