Bernie Sanders retracted his endorsement for online news personality Cenk Uygur in a California congressional race on Friday after coming under fire from supporters. Read More
Most hospitals in Maine have at least one sexual assault forensic examiner, but currently five of the state’s 34 hospitals with emergency departments do not, according to a review by the Bangor Daily News. Read More
Betty Ann has many gifts as well. No matter the challenge, she radiates positivity. She is the reason I continued with my blog, which led to writing my column, 'LEMme Tell Ya.' Read More
The 2-acre business that produces road salt on Coldbrook Road in Hermon has come a long way since Ryan McPike bought it from his father a decade ago. Read More
A jury on Friday found a former Bangor Region YMCA swim coach not guilty of fondling a female assistant coach’s breast when they were returning from a Brunswick meet last year. Read More
At least 350 students from St. John Valley schools were kept home by their parents over a widely shared Facebook post threatening gun violence that authorities had ruled out as a legitimate threat. Read More
The Damariscotta Board of Selectmen approved a fee schedule for marijuana businesses modeled after the fees in Auburn, which has the highest fees in the state, Wednesday, Dec. 4. Read More
“We’ve got dog behavior issues, we’ve got people who don’t pick up their poop bags, and we have people who don’t even use poop bags,” said Kittery Town Council Chairwoman Judy Spiller. Read More
Maine State Police and Maine Drug Enforcement Agency agents charged three people with drug trafficking Wednesday night following a traffic stop on I-95 near Bangor. Read More
An elderly dog, abandoned in a cage at a stranger's house in Old Orchard Beach, has been taken in by an entire community, making sure she gets the help she needs. Read More
Christmas toys donated to a Maine church where a meth lab was discovered in the playroom have been contaminated and cannot be given out to children in need. Read More
Monson, with a population of 654, received a $7,000 grant from the foundation’s Broadband Initiative to equip its downtown area with free public Wi-Fi. Read More
Four of nine Maine residents facing federal drug charges after the FBI conducted a series of raids in Hancock and Washington counties this past spring that resulted in more than two dozen arrests have pleaded guilty in federal court. Read More
I’ve surpassed that age at which you know that something is “a thing.” Fortunately, I teach young people who find my lack of awareness endearing. They share their music, expressions, and other forms of pop culture with me. It really wasn’t all that long ago that they… Read More
Sharon Carrillo admitted to helping to beat her daughter, 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy, to death in February 2018. Despite that, her attorney Chris MacLean argued in court on Thursday, there is no evidence — other than her own words and those of her estranged husband, Julio Carrillo — that she did what she said she did. 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
The U.S. Department of Transportation is soliciting bids for an Essential Air Service contract to provide flights to and from Presque Isle International Airport beginning in 2020. Read More
An exit poll in Britain's election projected Thursday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party likely will win a majority of seats in Parliament, an outcome that would allow Johnson to fulfill his plan to take the U.K. out of the European Union next month. Read More