PHIPPSBURG More than 100 years ago, a dark cloud settled over a small island off the coast of Phippsburg. In an act that was deemed economic but with clear racist undertones, a small village of mixed race Maine citizens were banished from Malaga Island by the Maine government. During a time of civil unrest and […]

HARPSWELL Harpswell Community Radio is one step closer to reality. Last Wednesday, Harpswell Community Radio (WHPW) began broadcasting a test signal. While the station is just broadcasting music at the moment, the plan is for original programming to be added in the near future — assuming that the signal testing goes well. WHPW is a […]

BATH Although the 17th century ship, the Virginia, was constructed entirely by men, the builders of the modern-day recreation are working hard to include women in the process. At the third annual Women’s Shipbuilders Day on Wednesday, Maine’s First Ship invited women to come and learn about Maine’s shipbuilding history and, more importantly, to actually […]

LISBON There are vintage jeans. And then there are the 123- year-old jeans up for sale in Maine. The bona fide Levi Strauss & Co. blue jeans from the American Old West are still awaiting a new owner after technical glitches prevented the denim pants from being auctioned Saturday. Daniel Buck Auctions & Appraisals of […]

BRUNSWICK (AP) — An outbreak of mumps has been reported at two Maine colleges. The Sun Journal reports two cases have been confirmed at Bowdoin College in Brunswick. A spokesman for Bates College in Lewiston says eight of its students have been diagnosed with the disease since the beginning of October, but none have an […]

WESTBROOK Cities and towns across Maine are considering temporarily banning businesses from selling marijuana as voters prepare to decide Tuesday whether the drug can be legally sold in the state for recreational use. Passage would allow retail stores and social clubs to open around the state. However, municipalities would be allowed to decide whether to […]

AUGUSTA The loss of a liberal megadonor’s millions of dollars in contributions this election season led Maine Democrats fighting to regain control of the state Senate to increasingly lean on a national Democratic Party group targeting state races in the state legislature where Republicans control the Senate and Democrats the House. Maine Democrats’ $2 million […]