A look at more top stories in 2016 in the Midcoast: Harpswell 2016 saw the culmination of a lawsuit by a group of Harpswell residents to preserve access to Cedar Beach on Bailey Island via a small pathway over private property. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled against Cedar Beach/Cedar Island Supporters, Inc., overturning a […]

LISBON Lisbon voters resolved more than seven months of controversy over a 2015-16 school budget and finally approved a $15.19 million spending plan on Jan. 12 on the fifth try. The adoption of a budget came after the school board and town council were able to meet in the middle on a budget after butting […]

Northern New England is feeling the effects of a powerful nor’easter that is dumping a foot or more of snow on some parts of the region and making travel treacherous. The storm, which also is bringing drenching rains and damaging winds and even thunderstorms to some areas, is expected to last through Friday. Officials in […]

PORTLAND The man who survived nine days alone on Mount Katahdin as a boy, a university climate researcher, a young marijuana advocate, and half of the TV and radio comedy team Bob and Ray are among notable Mainers who died in 2016. Donn Fendler’s ordeal is known to Mainers because his book, “Lost on a […]

HOLDEN (AP) — Police in Holden say a 68-year-old woman was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on Route 1A. Chief Chris Greeley said Thursday the crash happened around 11:20 a.m. near the Interstate 395 ramp and the Dysart’s Travel Stop. Cindy Puiia of Holden was killed. No other injuries were reported. The road was closed […]

TOWNSHIP 6, RANGE 11, (AP) — Maine officials are warning that there’s still thin ice in many locations, even as a winter storm dumps heavy snow across most of the state. Rangers on the Allagash Wilderness Waterway say the ice is still spotty in late December: They found only 1 to 3 inches on Chamberlain […]

MONROE (AP) — A fire official in Waldo County waded into ice cold water to recover mail that had been stolen and dumped over the side of a bridge in Monroe. WCSH-TV reports the Waldo County Sheriff ’s Department posted found the mail Wednesday sitting on top of the ice that was surrounded by open […]