Susan Hunter will have a hard time staying away from the University of Maine, but she shouldn’t miss her desk. She didn’t spend too much behind it, anyhow. Read More
Lee Academy, a 173-year-old private high school, notified its staff late last week that it would cut three of its 60 staff positions and accept resignations from three employees. Read More
The U.S. Department of Transportation has tapped the University of Maine to spearhead a national university-based push to improve the durability of New England’s roads, bridges and railways. Read More
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court wanted to know how prosecutors improperly handled out-of-state subpoenas, and whether their misstep damaged the chance of a fair trial for Sharon Carrillo. Read More
Paul Naron ironed out a deal to purchase a workshop from boatbuilder French & Webb on Friday, his second major Belfast waterfront real estate deal in as many years. Read More
Attorneys representing Sharon Carrillo say the state’s actions put their client’s constitutional rights to a fair trial at risk. Read More
The teen earned the trip by creating a demonstration platform that helps code iPad applications suited for teaching students with Down syndrome. Read More
Research shows that chronically absent students lag behind their peers, run the risk of becoming disengaged in school or dropping out and are more likely to fail classes. Read More
Maine Day Sail, a company that runs daytime sailing trips in Penobscot Bay, announced Wednesday that it sold the schooner Timberwind to Portland Schooner Co. Read More
On Monday, Quicksilver’s owners dropped the typical $10 one-way ticket to $5, making its round trip fare $1 cheaper than the state ferry’s. Read More
The suit asks the court to reverse the fare hike, claiming it constitutes “an illegal taxation without representation.” Read More
Jason Mitchell, most recently director of ground assembly at Bath Iron Works, will be the salmon farm’s first chief operating officer. Read More
Eric Brown will serve as the University of Maine at Farmington's interim president. Read More
University of Maine System Board of Trustees passed a $551 million budget during their meeting Monday at the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Read More
The new space will allow Front Street Shipyard to court customers with larger superyachts in need of repairs, restoration or refitting, and possibly lure other new business. Read More
You might have to squint through the trees to spot the world’s second largest salmon farm in Belfast, according to computer renderings unveiled Wednesday. Read More
Elliott Management, an activist hedge fund, offered to buy the Massachusetts-based company for $160 per share on Monday. Read More
Jerry Ireland faces 13 counts of cruelty to animals. Read More
The first artist’s rendering of the $150 million land-based farm was released as part of the company’s announcement of a 6 p.m. Wednesday meeting to give an update of its plans. Read More
Maine’s annual lobster festival is leaving politics at the door this year, barring political parties and politicians from marching in the parade for the first time in its 70-year history. Read More
