RAYMOND – In 1988, Anita Holmquist moved with her husband, Wayne, to a sand-infested plot of land off Route 121 in Raymond. The 3-acre lakeside parcel overlooked gorgeous Panther Pond, and Anita, a consummate gardener with a dozen other artistic hobbies, felt a compulsion to work her barren land so it would become productive and […]

Towns in the Lakes Region will now have to deal with the fallout from the budget approved Wednesday by the Maine Legislature. The budget, which became law after legislators voted to override Gov. Paul LePage’s veto, restored two-thirds of the municipal revenue sharing eliminated in the governor’s original spending proposal. But that still leaves local […]

But the unanimous vote for the sweeping bipartisan legislation comes with a price.

But the unanimous vote for the sweeping bipartisan legislation comes with a price.

Aaron Hernandez “drove the victim to a remote spot, and then he orchestrated his execution,” prosecutors say.

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Tuesday confirmed billionaire business executive Penny Pritzker to be commerce secretary, filling a vacancy that has stood since John Bryson resigned last summer. The sweeping 97-1 vote installs Pritzker, a longtime friend of President Barack Obama, who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for his presidential campaigns, at the Commerce […]

Tsunami-like conditions were measured at tide gauges from North Carolina to Massachusetts on June 13.

The daylight assault in a highly fortified zone of the capital is a brazen challenge to Kabul’s authority only a week after NATO formally handed over security for the country to Afghan forces.

Chicago scores twice in the final 1:16 of regulation to beat Boston 3-2 and win their second title in four seasons.