This Maine wild blueberry industry pioneer is still growing and promoting at age 91

Senate to vote on resolution to halt the Iran war as gas prices upend midterms

WASHINGTON (AP) — Increasingly anxious about the Iran war, senators are set to vote Thursday on a war powers resolution seeking to halt President Donald Trump ‘s military action, which has been largely blamed for the spike in fuel prices and become a flashpoint in the midterm election. The Senate vote, days after Trump’s bombastic […]

8 sailors in USS Lincoln group attempted suicide on extended deployment, Navy leader says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight sailors attempted suicide while deployed with the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group, which spent a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war, the Navy’s top civilian leader said this week. Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao provided the information to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in a letter dated Tuesday […]

You be the judge!: 29th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival Screening at Stonington Opera House

STONINGTON — Film lovers in Stonington will join over 100,000 film enthusiasts around the world at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25 when the 29th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival screens at the Stonington Opera House. Manhattan Short 2026 screens simultaneously across the world during a one-week period, with the Best Film and Best Actor […]

Hannah Pingree leads fundraising in Maine's race for governor

Hannah Pingree's campaign hauled in twice as much between mid-July and mid-September as Bobby Charles and nine times as much as Rick Bennett.

Famed radio and TV priest Fulton Sheen to be beatified in St. Louis, a step away from sainthood

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Decades after he was a fixture on American TV screens, the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen is back in a familiar place: the media spotlight. Tens of thousands of Catholic devotees are converging on St. Louis for a formal ceremony of beatification on Thursday, in which the prelate will be designated Blessed […]