Wabanaki leaders and citizens, legislators and allies rallied in Augusta on April 20 to celebrate what they believe is a historic sea change in tribal state relations, as three bills affecting the ...

With students returning to classes in less than a week, school boards in this area have been wrestling with how to reopen safely, as those health and safety decisions can be made on the local level ...

An early morning fire on September 21 at a Machias trailer park claimed the lives of two people, while three people in a neighboring trailer were able to escape thanks to the quick actions of a ...

Plans for bringing the dormant Norwegian Sun cruise ship to Eastport are now on hold, and the Riviera may depart at the end of July or early August because of difficulties the cruise industry is ...

With epidemiologists urging the importance of testing and contact tracing in combatting the coronavirus pandemic, Maine will need to increase both significantly in order to safely reopen. Currently, ...

Local farmers gathered to exchange opinions and hear about new developments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialists at the Lee Pellon Center in Machias during the Downeast ...

The closure of all of the Pennamaquan River to scallop dragging because of the mooring field off the Pembroke boat landing on Hersey Neck has upset some scallop fishermen who would like to drag in ...

A historic Red Beach house may be demolished by the National Park Service (NPS), despite offers of help from the Portland‑based nonprofit Maine Preservation. The McGlashan‑Nickerson House, which is on ...

“Working with wood helps me make sense of the world,” says Erik Squire, who loves wood and surrounds himself with it every single day. The Connecticut-born woodworker has been hard at work since 1997, ...

The Pleasant Point Health Center (PPHC) did not meet a number of federal and tribal health and safety requirements for quality of care during the period from 2014 through 2016, according to a report ...

While the Maine Supreme Judicial Court case over ownership of intertidal rockweed is being decided, the harvest of the seaweed is still stirring up passions for those living around Cobscook Bay.

Eighty‑two Emera Maine customers voiced their opposition to the utility's latest request for a rate hike at public hearings held simultaneously at the University of Maine at Machias, Orono and Presque ...