Islesboro springtime community contra dance

Bar Harbor parking revenue soars despite dip in Acadia traffic

Bar Harbor experiences a significant increase in parking revenue, defying the trend of declining visitor numbers at neighboring Acadia National Park.

HOW A FAIR CREATED BY HIPPIES BECAME A BIG MAINE CULTURAL EVENT

Discover how a modest gathering organized by hippies evolved into one of Maine's most cherished and significant cultural celebrations.

UM plans layoffs amid projected shortfall

The University of Maine faces a $19 million budget shortfall, forcing leadership to plan faculty and staff layoffs alongside course consolidations to ensure long-term institutional financial stability.

Virginia's attorney general says DHS may have violated state election law after whistleblower report

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s attorney general said Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security may have violated several state laws after a whistleblower accused its employees of misrepresenting themselves on voter lookup tools to hunt for noncitizen voters. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, Attorney General Jay Jones demanded that DHS confirm […]

Anthropic says its model Claude is helping to build the next version of itself

Anthropic’s Claude is helping the company develop the next, more intelligent version of the model, the artificial intelligence lab said in an announcement Thursday. Claude is leading 26% of Anthropic’s model research and development, which the company said means it can complete most of a given task “end-to-end from a high-level prompt” while still being […]