Maine’s last blueberry rake maker hopes to rebuild after fire destroys workshop

New Ellsworth nonprofit seeks to raise $1M to buy Hancock County newspapers

The acquisition would mark the latest effort to reorient local newspapers under nonprofit stewardship.

Juniper Ridge’s contaminated wastewater to be treated in Brewer

The wastewater will be treated in Brewer while a proposed off-site PFAS treatment system is being built in Hampden.

Fall foliage is peaking in Bangor this week and headed for the coast

We’re into the part of Maine’s fall foliage show when there are no bad seats.

Appeals court reverses convictions in kidnapping and terrorism case involving 3-year-old boy's death

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A federal appeals court has vacated kidnapping convictions in a case involving the death of a 3-year-old boy who went missing from Georgia in 2017 and later turned up dead at a squalid compound in New Mexico. The boy’s father and other family members were sentenced to life in prison in […]

Opal Lee celebrates her 100th birthday by kicking off construction of Juneteenth museum in Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Opal Lee celebrated her 100th birthday Wednesday by kicking off the start of construction of a museum in her Texas hometown dedicated to telling the history of Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. “It was important for us to do this on this date because everything we’ve done for the last several years, everything we continue to do, is built around the spirit of the venerable Miss Opal Lee,” said Jarred Howard, CEO of the upcoming National Juneteenth Museum in Fort Worth. Lee, founding board member of the museum, became known […]