All of Carter’s living successors were in attendance, with President Joe Biden, the first sitting senator to endorse his 1976 run for the White House, delivering the eulogy.
2025
New details emerge in Mt. Ararat hockey team hazing investigation
An audio recording of an investigator interviewing a team member includes a description of a student being held down and bullied by older teammates in a locker room.
Gorham’s Liana Edwards wins Gatorade volleyball award
Edwards, a 6-foot sophomore, adds another honor to her Varsity Maine Player of the Year award.
Lincoln County schools embrace nature as a classroom
From a new mud kitchen in Boothbay to romping along the snowy Sheepscot River, here’s how a few local teachers plan to enjoy the open air this year, thanks to funding from the Maine Environmental Education Association.
Augusta man arrested at Board of Education meeting
Pavel Dokukin, 39, was arrested on a charge of criminal trespassing when he refused to stop talking after reaching the two minutes allotted each speaker.
Business – Web design, bookkeeping aid available for small businesses
Nonprofit organizations and small businesses in York County, southern Oxford County and the town of Baldwin, are encouraged to apply for free technical assistance for bookkeeping and/or website design services. It represents the third and final round of grants being offered through the Economic Recovery Hub Program by the Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission […]
What caretakers of one Midcoast landmark learned a year after devastating coastal storms
In recognition of the first anniversary of the January 2024 storms, Shelley Gallagher, director of Bristol Parks and Recreation, reflects on lessons learned by staff at Pemaquid Point Lighthouse.
Appeals court declines to block Trump’s sentencing in hush money case
The incoming president has asked the Supreme Court to call off Friday’s sentencing.
The promise of two trails — Janus wonders
Janus, the Roman god of doorways and transitions, of looking both back and ahead, wonders what — beyond increments of added light — his month will offer this year. I hope that, for you and for me, it will be foot-rich and trail-limned. A trail ahead In late December, I visited the near future. A […]
Portland receives $2M to revamp Franklin Street
The city was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to help overhaul one of its major thoroughfares.