He borrowed $700 from his parents as a teenager to throw his first show. Read More
“This is now your America,” Superintendent of Portland Schools Xavier Botana, originally from Cuba, told them. “Congratulations.” Read More
"We wanted to be very careful that this wasn’t like us going to the zoo. We weren’t coming down there to gawk." Read More
Though born in Rhode Island, Hawkes was an icon of Maine music and the town of Westbrook his entire adult life. Read More
It's the same wit you've always known. But now it's gone digital. Read More
On 'CBS Sunday Morning' and 'The Tonight Show,' the types of jokes Mainers love to tell around the table have been broadcast nationwide. Read More
When President Lincoln wanted to tell his cabinet about the Emancipation Proclamation, we got them warmed up with some Maine humor. Read More
About a hundred festive well-wishers cheered as the harbor seal wriggled down the sand, back to her home in the sea for the holidays. Read More
Some of the most classic, and oft-repeated, lines defining Maine humor come from the first “Bert and I” record. Read More
Spose talks about being home, the American dream and life after rap. Read More
Some artists can use the same skill set for business and pleasure. Read More
Hundreds endured record low temperatures, with some waiting in line starting Wednesday night. Read More
The Bangor Daily News presents this short documentary by award-winning journalist Troy R. Bennett about the missing family of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Read More
Use science to gross out your friends. Read More
"We never, ever thought we had it in us, to do this in the first place." Read More
"I felt like that part of my life was over.” Read More
The tube steaks all sit side-by-side, each atop platters on a white stove. The pictures are presented in a single grid, creating repeating patterns of electric burners, plates and crimson wieners. Read More
"It’s rolling history. It’s one thing to see it in a museum but to hear it run and watch it — we’re like a rolling, traveling circus of gypsies." Read More
The last time two Boston players took Hadlock Field together in the same game at any positions was in 2012. Read More
Boston pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez came to Portland Monday night to work his way back from an injury. Read More
