Pilot in Learjet crash that killed 9 in Florida was a husband, father and a devout Christian

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, […]

Cara & the Crowd bring world music jam to The Underground Lounge

BELFAST — Cara & the Crowd, the latest project of Maine songwriter and fiddler Cara Lauzon, will take the stage at The Underground Lounge at 17 Court St. in Belfast, on Saturday, Nov. 7.  The group — best described as a world jam band — creates an outrageous blend of genres. Their songs tell the […]

Bangor man charged in bar fight that left woman unconscious

The fight happened outside of a Franklin Street bar early Sunday morning, Bangor police said.

Downeast community invited to gather for free Shared Tables, Shared Stories Supper

Final gathering in statewide community supper series will bring neighbors together through food, storytelling, creativity, and conversation at Cobscook Institute on Nov. 10 TRESCOTT — The Maine Arts Commission, Community Plate, Maine Humanities Council, and Cobscook Institute invite residents of Washington County and the surrounding Downeast region to join Shared Tables, Shared Stories, a free […]