Maine Community College System (MCCS) President David Daigler has announced that he plans to step down from his position by…
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Harley-Davidson is bringing back production from Thailand to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, a decision drawing praise from the Trump administration. In…
West Marine, a long-established boat-supply chain across the country, is going into bankruptcy. The company’s financial problems will shutter dozens…
Boston police were searching for two juvenile thugs accused of robbing a lemonade stand at gunpoint in broad daylight. A…
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Elon Musk is on the verge of becoming the first trillionaire in history, with some reports saying…
A federal and multi-state investigation has begun into the nationwide shortage of new fire trucks and ambulances. What used to…
Peru, Maine, residents voted on Tuesday to saddle themselves with draconian new homeowners association-style rules governing how they use their…
Roughly three out of five Mainers believe that artificial intelligence (AI) will have a negative effect on the country over…
Air Canada has pulled the wings of one of its captains. Well actually he had no wings to pull. The…
LEWISTON, Maine – Just weeks after Lewiston property owners received revaluation notices, residents are now being warned of another increase…
AUGUSTA, Maine – Republican lawmakers are sharply criticizing the Mills administration after Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner Dale Doughty informed…
The Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) is planning to cut up to $400 million worth of construction and upgrade projects…
A Miss Portland Diner customer shockingly found a surveillance camera in the eatery run by the top dog at Maine’s…
When the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance challenges you, it’s apparently time to go on a crash diet. So…
PORTLAND, Maine — Drivers and pedestrians in downtown Portland may have done a double take over the weekend when the…
If you’ve got an unopened can of Schlitz on the kitchen shelf, hire a Brink’s guard – it’s now a…
There’s Patagonia, the famous outdoor clothier, and then there’s Pattie Gonia, a dragster who enjoys poking fun at the former.…
Construction of the USS J. William Middendorf has begun with ceremonial first-steel cut. The new warship “will strengthen the U.S.…
BOSTON – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner’s effort to turn a Boston Red Sox-themed political advertisement into a populist…
After two weeks and more than 10,000 votes, Boston.com readers have crowned New England’s top suntanning enclave in its Battle…
On June 3, 2026, the Maine Data Center Advisory Council, established via executive order by Gov. Janet Mills (D) earlier…
BOSTON – Anyone who has ever had a frightening pop-up warning appear on their computer knows how convincing those messages…
A McDonald’s manager has been charged by police with spitting into her ex-girlfriend’s fries. Kaylie Santos, 22, spit into a…
A federal judge has given Bar Harbor permission to limit cruise ships during the peak summer months. But Lance Walker…
“It is with heavy hearts we share the passing of a Biddeford legend, Bob Cote, who served as our manager…
Scientists are urging the public to be vigilant after the first white shark of the year has been confirmed off…
Unemployment in Maine has remained relatively consistent in recent months, holding steady at 3.2 percent in March. This is down…
Brian Hayden Jr. of Wells began operating his father’s earthmoving machines when he was just 5 years old. Hayden’s adroit…
Maine’s Legislature voted on Wednesday to uphold Gov. Janet Mills’ (D-Maine) surprise veto of a bill that would have placed…
A jury has decided that a woman claiming she was “over served” on a cruise is entitled to far more…
For the past three years, Vertical Harvest Maine L3C — a project of Wyoming architect Nona Yehia — has been…
A poll by a travel journal of Maine seafood joints missed a bunch of the most popular ones.That’s according to…
Arthur S. Demoulas, known mostly for the age-old corporate fight at a huge New England grocery chain, has scored big…
The recent heist of 12 tons of Kit Kat bars has prompted the popular candy’s distributors to hire armed escorts.Kit…
A home health care business with ties to the infamous alleged fraud front Gateway Community Services faced an audit with…
Amid a nationwide reckoning over Medicaid fraud committed largely by “New Americans,” Maine Gov. Janet Mills is taking the unprecedented…
Underwater tunnels across the world that depend on rubber gaskets to keep out the ocean were not supposed to leak…
The state’s No. 3 standing nationwide as a top maple syrup producer apparently isn’t good enough for one of the…
AUGUSTA — Honda Motor Company announced it will cancel the production and development of three electric vehicle (EV) concepts after…
Maine’s congressional delegation has reached out to the Trump Administration seeking support for wild blueberry, potato, and apple farmers, as…
PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland City Council has approved an extension of the city’s moratorium on theater and performance hall…
The familiar Maine department store Renys has now broken even more hearts, going out of business a day earlier than…
A new statewide economic analysis released this month paints a stark picture of prosperity split sharply between the greater Portland…
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, announced on Monday that it will acquire the data center and energy infrastructure company Intersect for…
Maine’s red-hot housing market showed fresh signs of volatility in November, as the statewide median home sale price dropped below…
Some car owners in Maine may now benefit from having joined a 36-state coalition forcing Hyundai and Kia to provide free, hardware-based anti-theft…
In a unanimous vote that underscored deep public skepticism and mounting concerns over transparency, the Lewiston City Council voted Tuesday…
Kelly Hinkle of Columbia Falls has a novel way of celebrating the end of a hard fishing season – by…
The City of Lewiston is preparing to vote next week on whether to approve an artificial intelligence data center at…
Just months after two tragic incidents in which illegal immigrants killed pedestrians while operating under Maine driver’s licenses, the taxpayer-funded…
The top lobbyist for Maine’s lobstering community is again challenging claims the supply is being “overfished.” After a recent meeting…
A routine stop at a fast-food restaurant turned into a question of policy and principle this week after an Augusta…
A Portland cable and internet-service provider is laying off 176 workers from its call center, transitioning their work to other…
Federal regulators voted Thursday to extend a shutdown preventing New England fishermen from catching shrimp. New England fishermen, especially those…
The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) announced on Wednesday a number of Subway sandwich shop locations throughout the state will…
A citizen’s initiative aimed at ending the sale and production of recreational cannabis in Maine can now begin collecting signatures…
Renys’ decision to close its Congress Street store on December 31 marks more than the end of a 15-year run…
Maine’s unemployment rate held steady in September at 3.2 percent, a figure that remained unchanged from the previous month. Despite…
The Federal Reserve enters its latest policy meeting under the heaviest political and economic pressure in years, with Chair Jerome…
Two out-of-state investment companies that are buying up trailer parks are among six nationwide under congressional scrutiny. The Joint Economic…
U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) has reached out to members of the Trump Administration urging them to provide relief to…
By Owen McCarthy I grew up in a trailer in Patten, the son of a logger and a lunch lady.…
The Trump administration on Monday rolled out a $12 billion relief package, funded by tariff revenue, aimed at farmers who…
Led by Sen. Susan Collins (R) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D), Maine’s Congressional delegation has joined together to introduce a…
President Donald Trump took action on Wednesday to repeal the burdensome fuel standards imposed by the Biden Administration that, according…
Maine leaders are sounding alarms over a federal effort to tighten commercial driver’s license rules, but their warnings focus on…
The Zumwalt class of stealth destroyers, built at Bath Iron Works, are under fire from Congress for failed systems, according…
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is now making relief available to small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in…
Portland ushered in the holiday season Friday night as crowds filled Monument Square for the city’s annual tree-lighting ceremony. The…
A full-blown legal fight has broken out between Nova Scotia’s entrenched lobstermen and indigenous fishermen with close relatives in Maine.…
Single-family homes in Cumberland County, Maine became significantly more expensive in October, underscoring a growing inventory and persistent demand in…
The CEO of the Maine Celtics just wrote a real estate check for nearly $60 million. Wycliffe Grousbeck, who heads…
The state’s leading lobster lobby is pushing back against claims that government intervention is an obvious fix for the dwindling…
Maine Senators Susan Collins (R) and Angus King (I) sent a joint letter to several key Trump Administration officials seeking…
A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from the lobster industry challenging the mandated use of electronic-tracking devices on…
The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has announced the new standard offer price for Central Maine Power (CMP) customers in…
The U.S. economy added 119,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in September, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data released Thursday morning. The…
Sen. Susan Collins (R) heralded the news on Tuesday that Maine’s $48.4 million plan to expand access to broadband internet…
Art historians had predicted that a portrait previously owned by a Maine billionaire would sell for $150 million. They were…
A Bangor physician was subjected to a barrage of verbal threats connected to his race inside Timber Kitchen and Bar…
The vast majority of Mainers are pessimistic about the projected impact of artificial intelligence (AI) over the next decade according…
A penny for your thought? How about a gift-card for a penny? Grocery chains across the northeast, including in Maine,…
A sprawling national black-market for renting and selling DoorDash accounts has quietly become one of the most widespread and least…
Known for its beautiful foliage, Maine is often a destination during the autumn months for those looking to soak in…
A new report from the Tax Foundation analyzes the burden imposed by states upon their residents, taking into consideration sales…
The board of directors at grocery chain Market Basket is locked in a legal dispute with former CEO Arthur T.…
A sweeping new federal restriction buried deep in Congress’s latest spending bill is poised to wipe out most of America’s…
Three years after getting fried in a devastating fire, Penobscot McCrum, which has harvested and processed Maine potatoes since 1886,…
Let’s see … Maine needs an economic boost, it’s on the Atlantic coast, it already has a major Coast Guard…
The state that supplies 90 percent of the U.S. lobster supply is trying to navigate the waters of an international…
A dizzingly-expensive art collection that belonged to a cosmetics heir and his Maine widow is expected to fetch a half-billion…
A months-long legal campaign by a Canadian ostrich farm to “save” 300 of its birds from government culling has gone…
Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins (R) has asked U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to provide disaster assistance to…
Woodland Pulp of Baileyville has announced it is going dark temporarily due to lack of business and in the face…
U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) introduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday aimed at protecting American specialty crop farmers…
After many months of negotiations, Northern Light and Anthem have finally agreed upon a new contract, allowing patients to continue…
By Paul T. McCarrier Maine’s October 27 recall of Yani vape cartridges wasn’t a fluke—it was a warning. The Office…
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a major challenge to President Donald Trump’s global tariff program, a case…
Voters in Maine’s largest city decisively approved a minimum wage increase on Tuesday, endorsing a city councilor’s proposal to raise…
Saddleback ski area, which underwent a period of tough sledding, has grabbed the No. 1 best place to ski in…