Taste of India is closing in downtown Bangor

Night market lights up October at Thompson Free Library

By Kim Brawn, Thompson Free Library When I lived in California, I missed October in Maine the most — a colorful bubble shielding us from the darkening days and shivering temps to come. Like a screensaver that travels with us — October serves as an evocative backdrop for painting, hiking, foliage drives, walks in the […]

Judge sets $5M bond for third man charged in death of Black woman whose body was later hung in tree

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge set a $5 million bond Monday for a third man charged in the death of a Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree in August. Police disclosed Friday that Tasia Fortune, 29, was killed before her body was placed in a tree behind an abandoned […]

Penobscot Bay blueberry growers had a good season against the odds

Even average seems especially good after 2025's harvest, one of the worst in a decade.

Prosecutor reopens probe into Cornell gang rape allegations after accuser files lawsuit

A New York prosecutor has reopened an investigation into gang rape allegations at a Cornell University fraternity in response to a lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was sexually assaulted in 2024 by seven students after being plied with alcohol and drugs. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said Monday that his […]

Fort Kent house fire displaces 6

All occupants escaped from the home by the time firefighters arrived.