SKOWHEGAN — Close to three decades since the first one was held, marijuana advocate Donny Christen’s annual Patriots Day “smoke-in” at “high noon” on the courthouse steps in Skowhegan ain’t what it used to be.  His health failing from the effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Christen on Monday greeted just three people to join him in the rally to fully […]

Billionaire businessman and Democratic megadonor Tom Steyer will speak in Portland on Wednesday as part of a national tour to pressure Congress to support impeachment proceedings against President Trump and to release the full report of special counsel Robert Mueller.  Steyer has held dozens of his “Need to Impeach” town hall-style events across the country […]

AUGUSTA — About 60 conservative activists, Maine Republican Party members and former state and federal elected officials rallied at the State House on Monday to highlight Maine’s tax burden on the day income taxes were due in most of the U.S.  “We have liberal politicians who think that your money, the money you pay in […]

A military investigation is underway into the shooting death Friday of a 21-year-old Marine corporal from Standish in his barracks at a South Carolina air station, military officials said.  The Naval Criminal Investigative Service is investigating the death of Cpl. Tyler Wallingford, 21. Military investigators have detained a suspect, Cpl. Spencer T. Daily. Both were […]

BRUNSWICK — Myles Silverman’s school work takes up most of his time these days and he doesn’t get to tear up the terrain as much as he’d like to, but that hasn’t slowed him down.  The Brunswick native spent his spring break in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where he repeated as a slalom and giant slalom […]

BRUNSWICK — Gracia Babbidge knows her way around a cinema, having been the manager of the Eveningstar Cinema since 2004. She was a projectionist back when most movie theaters used actual film reels and oversaw the theater’s conversion to digital. Now, with the owner of the Eveningstar Cinema looking to sell the single-screen theater in […]

BATH — A local organization is working to give kids a place to spend time after school, a place that will keep them active, learning and motivated. Last fall, Jamie Dorr organized a meeting of the Midcoast Community Alliance to present her Big Idea: creating a youth resource center at the current Bath Youth Meetinghouse […]

WISCASSET — Wiscasset’s famous eatery opened for the 81st year Monday and hungry folks were already lined up for lunch. Often the line at Red’s Eats winds down Route 1 and the wait may be more than an hour. It doesn’t matter, customers will wait.   “They give you what you pay for,” said Jerry […]