UMaine Extension invites area farmers to join new midcoast agriculture advisory committee

MaineHealth board votes to close midcoast hospital birthing unit

Officials said the roughly 130 annual births at the Damariscotta hospital are too few and they haven't been able to maintain stable staffing.

Meta says its AI model hacked another company, adding to worries about bots going rogue

Meta said Thursday that one of its artificial intelligence models accessed the internet on its own and hacked another company, the latest in a series of disclosures about AI models going rogue. In recent weeks OpenAI and Anthropic also have described instances of AI models going beyond humans’ instructions to access the web and find […]

Unusually intense haboob dust storms strike Phoenix twice this week

Dust storms that blanketed the Phoenix area in thick haze this week were among the most intense to hit the region in years, scientists said Thursday. The storms — called haboobs — occur throughout the U.S. Southwest when strong downdrafts from thunderstorms stir up loose dust and dirt that get blown along in front of […]

Somesville Library to hold annual Books and Blueberries Sale

SOMESVILLE, Maine — The Somesville Library Association will hold its annual Books and Blueberries Sale on Saturday, Aug. 8 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the library lawn at 1116 Main St. in Somesville.  The library’s largest fundraiser of the year will feature thousands of used books for sale, covering a wide range of […]

Judge denies request to stop vote on closing midcoast maternity ward

Justice Daniel Billings said the plaintiff, a pregnant Lincoln County woman, failed to demonstrate how she would be irreparably injured "simply by a vote to close the center."