The Neptune Drive standoff started early Monday morning after police received a domestic disturbance call. Read More
The Revs. Ellison and Tamara Torres McGovern in the talk radio series “Queer Spirit” will explore the intersections between spiritual, religious life in Maine and the lives of those who identify as members of the larger queer community. Read More
Citing a “crisis situation,” social service providers here are desperately trying to get immigration officials to return to the practice of sending asylum seekers crossing the border in steady streams, not in large waves with no warning. Read More
The monument will be built along a walking corridor in a public plaza in Portland's Bayside neighborhood. Read More
On Tuesday, Ned Swain traveled from Portland to Washington, D.C., to deliver testimony that he hoped would save his small business. Read More
Early signs of the national split in the United Methodist Church can be traced to Maine. Read More
Four men — two from Maine and two from Massachusetts — are facing federal trespassing charges after camping on part of a Knox County island designated as a wildlife preserve. Read More
Two Kennebec County residents were killed in a single-car crash that occurred early Saturday morning in Augusta. Read More
It would be impossible to construct a truly objective list of the best albums made in Maine. But here is BDN writer Nick Schroeder's attempt to name the best albums of the past decade. Read More
Investigators say several other police agencies have shared information about “incidents” that took place over the weekend in their communities that may relate to the death of 82-year-old James Pearson. Read More
He recounted the events leading up to the killing of 22-year-old Isahak Muse, the boyfriend of his then 17-year-old sister Chelsey Cardilli. Read More
The trial of Mark Cardilli Jr., who is accused of murdering his sister’s boyfriend, 22-year-old Isahak Muse, in March, is nearing its conclusion. Read More
In court Wednesday, the mother of Mark Cardilli Jr. struggled to remember details of the fatal incident at their family home on March 16, which resulted in her son shooting Isahak Muse with a pistol. Read More
The murder trial of Mark Cardilli Jr. began Monday with an at-times tearful testimony from his sister, who spoke of a strained family relationship in the months before her brother allegedly shot and killed her boyfriend. Read More
After swearing in a new councilor and mayor on Monday, Portland’s nine-member City Council is decidedly less male and less white. Read More
A newly formed rental-housing committee is discussing how and whether to regulate application fees landlords charge tenants. Read More
One of Portland’s dearest sports teams may soon find themselves without a permanent home. Read More
The first 28 of a new wave of migrants from Central Africa, most of them families, arrived in Portland by bus Friday morning. Read More
MaineTransNet says it is meeting its goal of expanding support networks into rural Maine. But at the same time, it is seeing its membership getting priced out of Maine’s largest city. Read More
State Police have identified the man killed Brunswick in the Monday night shooting at a homeless shelter as Ali Fisher, 40, of Lisbon. Read More
