FALMOUTH — Students from Deering High School in Portland are working to save their school money and do their part to reduce global warming and the country’s dependence on foreign energy. At a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22 at the Gilsland Farm Audubon Center, several students from the Environmental […]

Will the early spring change the breeding time of wild turkeys or the spawning schedule of white perch in the bottom third of the state? Will it affect the feeding schedule of salmonids? The answers depend on the following: For warm-blooded animals such as mammals and birds, polarized light and length of daily sunlight influence […]

Hannaford says the recipes of nearly 300 items have been modified to eliminate the artery-clogging substance.

The legislation creates a state fund to support the reopening of the base’s now-dormant air field as a civilian airport.

Prosecutors and attorneys for 43-year-old Corina Durkee of Waldoboro say they are going to recommend that she be sentenced to 15 years in prison.

BRUNSWICK — Democrat John Richardson announced today that he was withdrawing from the race for governor. His decision was precipitated by the notification last week by the Ethics Commission that three of his campaign workers, most of whom were volunteers, had not followed proper procedures in collecting $5 donations to qualify him for Maine Clean […]

The operation to free U.S. hostages held in Tehran turned into a disaster when aircraft collided.

A line snaked around Sullivan Gym at the University of Southern Maine as hundreds of people waited Sunday for the doors to open at the Great Portland Bike Swap. When they did, it was a mad scramble for the hundreds of used bicycles on sale at the annual event sponsored by the Bicycle Coalition of […]

Only fortuitously placed buffers and a lot of luck kept them alive in Saturday’s deadly storm.

Maine at Work: Ray Routhier tackles story time, crafts and the Dewey Decimal System.