Woman dead, man critically burned in Hiram house fire

Former councilor elected to vacant Brewer City Council seat

Kevin O’Connell will fill a vacancy created after Deputy Mayor Bill Kimball resigned in July.

Voters deliver rebuke to Trump by handing Democrats control of the Senate

He had all but guaranteed the results would be seen as a referendum on himself by repeatedly urging voters to “pretend I’m on the ballot.”

Bucksport elects an incumbent and a newcomer to its Town Council

Mark Eastman will spend another three years on the Town Council alongside newcomer Ralph Chapman.

What's next in the investigation of the Learjet crash in Florida that killed 9?

Investigators are just beginning the lengthy process of determining why a business jet plummeted from the sky in Florida after encountering a thunderstorm and slammed into the ground with such force that it created a crater and shattered the plane. The experts at the National Transportation Safety Board will lead the investigation into the crash […]

Incumbent and local businessman win Ellsworth School Board race

The five-way race was Ellsworth’s first contested School Board election in five years.