Bangor will raise bus fares to $2, add mobile payment

Letter: Troy Jackson offers a welcome contrast to Susan Collins

“Jackson has a strong record of supporting reproductive rights, universal free school meals, expanded childcare affordability, paid family medical leave, among other policies that make life more affordable and equitable for all Mainers.”

$6.3M MDI estate tops list of most expensive Maine homes sold in September

Nearly every home on the list is based in coastal southern Maine, but there are a few outliers.

Why an Aroostook town’s mural represents more than art

The panels look like giant postage stamps, an idea inspired by a similar mural in North Carolina and by Maine artist Peter Walls, who has used shaped panels in his work.

Public executions in the US were once a community spectacle and then they stopped

For about nine decades, executions in the U.S. have been private affairs, often shrouded in secrecy. The stunning Pentagon announcement Thursday that the first military execution in more than 65 years will be livestreamed could change that. Allowing the world to watch Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan face the firing squad in December would […]

Orrington man dies after vehicle rams into Ellsworth home

A 23-year-old Orrington man tragically died and the driver was injured after their vehicle crashed into homes in downtown Ellsworth early Thursday morning.