The Great Works Dam project starting this morning is the largest-ever river restoration in eastern North America, and could be a model for the rest of the world.

Demolition of the Great Works Dam on the Penobscot, starting this week, is part of an ambitious restoration project that will open 1,000 miles of waterways to Atlantic salmon.

Former Mark’s Showplace owner says he ran a suggestive ad for his new Old Port bar by mistake.

Each year, 7,000 students will benefit as an anonymous donor opens doors to four city institutions.

The Republican and Green Independent parties have no contested primary races in the city this year.

Ninth in a series profiling the candidates for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Maine Republican Olympia Snowe. Jon Hinck was 24 and out of work in Seattle when a newspaper help-wanted ad caught his attention: “Sell advertising for a good cause.” The good cause was Greenpeace, a controversial environmental group that had emerged […]

Gov. Paul LePage criticizes the state’s largest teachers union for endorsing the same-sex marriage proposal.