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 ...

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 ...

The latest incident in the dispute over Passamaquoddy tribal members from the U.S. fishing in Canadian waters of Passamaquoddy Bay resulted in five fishermen from Maine being detained and fined and ...

The AOS 77 school system's central office computer server was hacked sometime after schools were let out for the Thanksgiving break, resulting in a possible data breach of personal information for ...

Brian Altvater, who is currently the health director and was for most of the period covered by the report, acknowledges that the violations are serious and the health center has to take corrective ...

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.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) environmental engineering graduate students Abby Harvey and Tchelet Segev, with their advisor, Dr. Kathleen Vandiver, presented and explained results of a ...

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 ...