Voters in 8 Maine towns approved measures capping or freezing mobile home lot rents

Ken Fredette wins back his old job leading Maine House Republicans

The 62-year-old lawyer from Newport replaces Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham, R-Winter Harbor, who won an open Maine Senate seat Tuesday.

Storms that caused 1-in-1,000 year flood event in Tennessee and Georgia move up Atlantic coast

A storm system that caused what the National Weather Service calls a catastrophic, 1,000-year flood along the Tennessee-Georgia state line moved up the Eastern Seaboard on Friday, prompting flood advisories in coastal areas from North Carolina to Massachusetts. In McCaysville, Georgia, and Copperhill, Tennessee, residents and crews spent Friday cleaning up alongside the Toccoa River. […]

Foxcroft Academy seeking 2nd-straight state field hockey title on Saturday

The Ponies square off against the Winthrop High School Ramblers at 3:05 p.m. at Edward Little High School in Auburn.

Tropical Storm Pena forms in the Pacific Ocean south of Hawaii

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Pena formed Friday in the Pacific Ocean, well south of the Hawaiian islands. Pena had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 kph) and was centered about 650 miles (1,046 kilometers) southeast of South Point, Hawaii, and about 1,350 miles (2,173 kilometers) east-southeast of Johnston Island, according to an advisory […]

This weekend might be the last chance this year to drive up Acadia’s Cadillac Mountain

The Summit Road will close Monday so the park can resume construction on a walking path connecting the summit’s east and west parking lots.