After 15 years, the alewife harvest has returned to the Pennamaquan River in Pembroke. The resumption of the harvest has been hailed by town officials and biologists alike as a welcome return and a ...

Fatal overdoses in Washington County have dropped by approximately 40% over the past two years, signifying a turning point in the battle against synthetic opioids even as new concoctions are entering ...

But new federal immigration policies and ramped-up deportations have businesses across the state -- especially in rural, agricultural communities -- concerned about migrant workers showing up to rake ...

The tribal government at Sipayik is proceeding with plans to move its wastewater treatment plant because of the risks posed by rising sea levels, flooding and storm surges. Several potential sites ...

In Calais, the loss of Fred and Harry Sherman was keenly felt during World War I, while Eastport's Ralph Ray was deeply mourned when he failed to come back from the Mexican Punitive Expedition in 1916 ...

Coastal and other Downeast property owners may be in for a surprise when their insurance is up for renewal. The winter season of high winds, storm surges and driving rain causing flying roof shingles ...

The food pantries of Washington County are preparing for a reduction in the amount of produce from Good Shepherd Food Bank’s deliveries as a result of cuts to the Local Food Purchase Assistance ...

Bill Love, who lives on Boyden Lake in Perry, didn't have to worry about getting in over his head this year when he put out his dock in June. He relates that, in most years, the water would come to ...

The idle Jonesboro biomass plant is expected to restart in February or March of the coming year, following the sale of the plant, along with six other biomass plants in Maine, New Hampshire and ...

A Maine law enacted in March 2020, An Act To Protect Consumers from Surprise Emergency Medical Bills, and a new 2021 federal law, the No Surprises Act (NSA), are meant to help patients with surprise ...

A historic building in East Machias, having been rescued from deteriorating into the ground, is now seeing "its old bones" find purpose once more. The East Machias Cultural Arts Center (EMCAC) now ...

Since the launch in November of 2023 of a sports-betting partnership with DraftKings, a digital sports entertainment company based in Boston, the Passamaquoddy Tribe has earned nearly $30 million in ...