Portland students put their stylish stamp on prom night

Dozens of Casco Bay High School promgoers posed for photos on the Eastern Promenade Saturday night before heading downtown to join scores of their classmates to dance the night away at historic Mechanics Hall. Staff photographer Brianna Soukup captured some of the evening’s poignant moments.

Ospreys Rachel and Steve return to nest on Maine island: Watch live

Perched atop a 30-foot tower, this camera peers directly into Rachel and Steve’s nest, where they reunite every spring after a winter apart. You can watch whenever you like, day or night, they care for their young, from egg to fledgling.

Maine pot dispensaries’ corporate parent has new adviser: John Boehner

The former House speaker will join former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld on the advisory board of Acreage Holdings, which owns the 4 licensed Wellness Connections dispensaries in Maine.

Bowdoin alum Adm. Peary stood at the North Pole on this day in 1909. Here’s how it looked.

Thanks to Bowdoin College’s Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum for reminding us via Twitter of this magnificent human achievement 109 years ago.

Man was driving from passenger seat when van crashed into cruiser, police say

Skowhegan police say Rex Hinerman was holding the steering wheel with his left hand and waving his right hand when an officer approached his vehicle.

Tech has finally caught up with a Mainer’s genius invention from 1873

Chester Greenwood, of Farmington, was only 15 when he came up with the idea for earmuffs while ice skating and asked his grandmother to sew tufts of fur between loops of wire to make them.

Iowa family found dead in Mexican condo had inhaled toxic gas

Authorities investigating the deaths say ‘any violent act or suicide has been discounted.’

Deputy in Houston shoots, kills unarmed black man

Authorities say the 34-year-old had ‘some object’ in his hand, but a sheriff’s office spokesman says, ‘We have not recovered a weapon at this point.’

Watch: Tom Brady takes stock of life post-Super Bowl

Sporting a buzz cut he got to raise money for cancer research, the Patriots QB discusses the February loss, his family, his docu-series and his future.

Nor’easter made a statement about Nature’s power: Photos