Letter: Mental health care must be a priority in the November election

How Tennessee's failed execution of Christa Pike unfolded, minute-by-minute

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed. But after two injections, she kept breathing. She made snoring sounds, she talked, she said her arm was hurting. Pike, sentenced to die for torturing and killing 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995, said as her scheduled lethal injection began that she was at peace. […]

Judge denies defense motion asking Lindsay Clancy be found not guilty due to a lack of evidence

BOSTON (AP) — The judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case on Thursday refused to declare her not guilty, turning down a defense motion that had argued there wasn’t enough evidence to prove she was responsible for killing her three children. On Tuesday, Clancy’s attorney Kevin Reddington tried to persuade Judge William Sullivan that prosecutors […]

Multi-generational family-owned lobster pound on MDI listed for $6M

The sale of the historic lobster pound follows the steady decline of the region’s most quintessential profession: lobster fishing.

Susan Collins’ Bangor home egged

It’s the second report in recent weeks of vandalism at a place the U.S. senator lives or works.

87-year-old pilot injured when ‘last of its kind’ airplane flips at Brunswick airport

The 1939 Kinner Sportwing was intended to be a "flying example" at the Owls Head Transportation Museum.