Maine high school field hockey regional title games slated Wednesday

Midterms may bring in wave of historic firsts for some states and the country

Featuring one of the most diverse slates of both Democratic and Republican candidates in recent years, this midterm election has set up a possible wave of historic leadership firsts across the country. Voters on Tuesday could propel into office the first Native American female governor and Native women senators, the first Black female governor,the first […]

UMaine hockey’s performance in OT loss was encouraging after Friday’s embarrassment

"You hadn’t even cracked open a beer or unscrewed the cap to your soda and the University of Maine’s hockey team was trailing Boston University 3-0."

Providence men’s basketball pulls away from UMaine for season-opening win

Freshman guard Hudson Franz led UMaine and netted a team-high 13 points to go with three rebounds.

A woman running the NYC marathon for charity dies 2 miles from the finish

NEW YORK (AP) — A young Pennsylvania woman running the New York City Marathon for the first time to raise money for charity collapsed in Central Park, just over two miles from the finish line, and later died. Rachel Apa, 24, of Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, was approaching the 24-mile mark of the 26.2 mile race Sunday […]

Two nights in Orono: PBS-bound Maine documentary ‘Saving Walden’s World’ screens as a benefit for the Mabel Wadsworth Center

The award-winning film follows women-led solutions that lifted whole communities without wrecking the planet. Director Jim Merkel joins each night for a post-screening Q&A. All proceeds support reproductive and gender-affirming healthcare in eastern Maine. ORONO — What happens to a community, and to a planet, when a 15-year-old girl knows she can become an engineer, […]