Fire breaks out at vacant Bangor garage

Cleanup underway after tornadoes touch down in Delaware and New York's Long Island

NEW YORK (AP) — Cleanup efforts and damage assessment were underway Friday in Delaware’s capital and on Long Island, New York, after tornadoes touched down during storms that battered the Northeast with heavy rains and left dozens of people stranded in their cars during flash flooding. Officials said there were no reports of any serious […]

Broadway returns to the Stonington Opera House Stage

STONINGTON — Broadway is heading to Stonington for two nights only! Four talented Broadway entertainers will bring their soaring voices to the stage for a concert at the Stonington Opera House. Opera House Arts favorites John McVeigh and Fred Rose will be joined by Cynthia Kauffman and Mollie Vogt-Welch for this popular annual event. They […]

She returned to a Maine island where she grew up to start a salt farm

Usha Beaudoin, a 10th-generation islander, hand harvests salt for each jar she produces.

US Army Corps of Engineers chartered plane crashes near Alaska radar site, killing all 8 aboard

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A small plane chartered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers traveling to the site of a remote aircraft-tracking radar in western Alaska crashed near its destination, killing all eight people aboard, the U.S. military said. The crash happened Thursday near Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, approximately 450 miles […]

Measles detected in wastewater sample from Bangor

It's not clear whether the measles case was among a resident or a visitor.