Interactive map: see where Maine drivers crashed into moose in the past year

There were 251 motor vehicle crashes involving a moose from September 2017 through the end of August.

Aviation comes to Portland: Historic photos

Dilapidated Portland: Historic photos of ‘shocking conditions’

Civil War re-enactors camp and drill in Minot

Three regiments are providing glimpses of military life during the Civil War.

Searchable database of 2018 Beach to Beacon results

Portland’s soap box derby: Historic photos 1938-40

More than 75 boys from three counties entered the derby, which was held every July. There were qualifying races and then the state finals held on Park Avenue in Portland. The champion was awarded “the gleaming 14-inch silver globe, known as the M.E. Coyle Trophy, a gold medal and a gold wrist watch.” The winner of the Portland derby went on to the nationals as the guest of the Guy Gannett Publishing Co., which sponsored the derby (in case you couldn’t tell from the racers’ shirts). The nationals were sponsored by the Chevrolet Motor Co. and held in Akron, Ohio.

Delta Air Lines bans ‘pit bull type’ dogs from its flights

The move is part of increasing restrictions on the kinds of animals – we’re talking birds of prey and animals with tusks here – airlines will allow on board.

Historic photos: Going to summer camp in Maine

When a trooper pulled over a driver he realized the man had delivered him

The driver, a retired police officer, had never forgotten the time when, as a rookie, he had helped a woman give birth.

The NRA appears to delete old legislator grades from its website

In the wake of high-profile shooting incidents, the letter grades were used to categorize elected officials as being willing to take on the NRA or supportive of their aims.