Gray Village Hardware named Maine’s 2026 HBSDealer All Star

Xi says 2 giant pandas from China will arrive in the coming days at Atlanta's zoo

ATLANTA (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that two giant pandas from China will arrive at Zoo Atlanta in the coming days, bolstering a loan program that at one time had lapsed as part of tensions between Beijing and Washington. China and the zoo had said in April that Ping Ping, a male, […]

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.