Fans watching harness racing from an old wooden grandstand during the 2005 Farmington Fair.
(Jack Milton/Staff Photographer)
Bangor
Indigo Girls, Melissa Etheridge demonstrate the power of two at Bangor show
Both acts have been drawing huge crowds since the late ’80s.
Pilot of small plane killed in crash at Bangor International Airport
Airport officials offered new details on the plane Saturday, including that it was a single-engine Cessna 185 arriving from Canada. The pilot’s identity hasn’t been released.
Maine’s best bets this week: Bonnie Raitt and the Windjammer Festival
You can also dance to the music of Funkationland and shop at the Old Port Makers Market, both in Portland.
Music may feed the soul, but Maine concert venues have to feed the band
Visiting artists aren’t getting cheeseburgers in paradise. Here, it’s more like lobsters in Vacationland.
Maine’s best bets this week include Billy Idol and Joan Jett in Bangor
Also mark your calendar for singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, the Acton Fair and Pet Rock in the Park.
Fall camp opens for Maine Division III football programs
Preseason is under way for Husson, Maine Maritime Academy and the University of New England.
Northern Light Health says it is ending stalled contract talks with Anthem
The impasse further increases the possibility that Maine’s second-largest health care network may no longer be in-network for thousands of patients statewide.
Work requirements would strip MaineCare from thousands. Who are they?
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services officials estimate more than 31,000 Mainers could lose insurance in the first year of the new work requirements.
Why is unemployment so low in Maine, and what does it mean?
Everything from housing and industry booms to fewer job-seekers and the state’s status as the oldest in the nation has contributed to a run of low jobless rates, experts say.