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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Proposed legislation that would significantly expand the regulation of rockweed harvesting in Cobscook Bay has received a unanimous "ought to pass as amended" recommendation by the legislature's ...

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 ...