A new smart traffic light in Bucksport might ease summer traffic, but not this year

Maine joins lawsuit over federal deal to redirect offshore wind investments to fossil fuels

Attorneys general from eight states claim the administration illegally used $1.4 billion in public funding to pay wind companies to invest in fossil fuels.

Republicans want to turn Mamdani into a bogeyman for the midterms. Trump just made that harder

NEW YORK (AP) — Earlier in the month, President Donald Trump warned voters that democratic socialists — extreme, crazed, lunatics, he called them — were threatening to transform America into “a communist country.” This week, a smiling Trump patted on the shoulder one of the nation’s best known democratic socialists, shook his hand, and said […]

Many Passamaquoddy people don’t own regalia. Meet the man who’s changing that.

One tribal culture bearer is trying to make buckskin regalia for every tribal member who wants it.

Trump administration to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud claims

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President JD Vance and other Trump administration officials said Tuesday they plan to remove 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees from public healthcare exchanges, alleging that the individuals were fraudulently enrolled in the program, or simply do not exist. Vance said the discovery and canceled subsidy payments for hundreds of thousands of […]

Grammy-nominated Danielle Nicole to headline Blues Night at Watts Hall

THOMASTON — Paul Benjamin, producer of Rockland’s renowned North Atlantic Blues Festival, will present Blues Night featuring 10x Blues Music Award recipient and Grammy-nominated singer, bassist and songwriter Danielle Nicole at Watts Hall on Friday, Sept. 25. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with music beginning at 7 p.m. Hailing from Kansas City, Missouri, Nicole first […]