Letter: Address mental health to reduce crime

Mobile home group threatens to sue town over proposed rent control ordinance

A Maine trade group threatened to sue several towns over new lot rent stabilization ordinances to protect homeowners.

Rescue satellite gets close to NASA's doomed telescope, even if it can't save it

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private spacecraft that was supposed to supply a lifeline to NASA’s Swift Observatory managed to get close to the sinking telescope and even snap photos more than a week after the rescue was abandoned. But the three-armed robotic salvager had to turn away because of low fuel, according to […]

Castine Film Festival announces tickets, winners, Audience Award

CASTINE — Following the success of the 2025 event, the Castine Film Festival returns to the  Delano Theatre on the campus of Maine Maritime Academy on Saturday, Sept. 12. The common thread of this year’s festival program: Stories of connection, community and JOY. The day is designed for attendees to delight in coming together to […]

Police seize fentanyl and meth from Down East home

Rian Moore, 39, was on probation for manslaughter in the 2022 hit-and-run death of 50-year-old Don Charette of Frenchville.

The Latest: Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial deliberations apparently stuck 11-1

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A deadlocked jury returns Friday for the seventh day of deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy trial, a day after the jury’s foreperson told the judge a single juror won’t follow the court’s instructions about reasonable doubt. The extraordinary disclosure made Thursday in the form of a note delivered to the judge […]