Bangor Public Library is displaying one of the earliest Declaration of Independence copies

Maine woman harvests sea salt on remote offshore island

Twenty-three miles from the closest grocery store through the saltiest of seas, there was no running out to pick some up.

A judge rejects Pamela Smart’s latest bid for a new trial in 1990 accomplice to murder case

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire judge on Thursday dismissed the latest petition for a new trial from Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for orchestrating the murder of her husband by her teenage student more than three decades ago. Smart, 59, was a 22-year-old high school media coordinator when she began […]

Maine fights ruling that it illegally fired immigrant whose work permit briefly lapsed

David Abafi, an epidemiologist, grew up in Nigeria and immigrated to the U.S. in 2021.

Trump administration allows inadvertent killing of endangered species

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act by federal officials, marking a sea change by President Donald Trump’s administration in how the landmark environmental law is enforced. A directive sent to […]

What families need to know about Maine college admissions

WRITTEN BY CRYSTAL SANDS If you have a child who is a junior or senior in high school and interested in college, you may feel more than a little overwhelmed thinking about where your child will go to school, what the admissions requirements are, and how to complete all that paperwork. The college admissions process […]