Blaze destroys Aroostook shed

Trump expands a voluntary pledge to protect consumers from high utility bills from AI data centers

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday will have governors and electricity companies join a voluntary pledge to shield U.S. consumers from higher utility bills from data centers — a sign of how the artificial intelligence build- out has become a lightning rod of controversy before the midterm elections. The president first announced the […]

Wisconsin governor calls for transparency after Madison officer fatally shoots man with knife

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The police shooting death of a man who injured an officer with a knife while resisting arrest has roiled the city of Madison, Wisconsin, with Gov. Tony Evers calling for “transparency and accountability” in any investigation and community members gathering Thursday at a growing memorial for the man. Protesters marched Wednesday […]

Camden halts paid parking for rest of the year

Some business owners complained that paid parking lost them customers.

Why I didn’t shoot the coyote behind my house

"I’ve hunted coyotes and seen them in the woods while I’ve deer hunted," Erin Merrill writes.

New trapping regulations take effect in Maine this fall, including early raccoon season

Until now, Maine has had one of the shortest raccoon trapping seasons in the Northeast.