Ellsworth cafe will be sold to 24-year-old employee

He allegedly assaulted a man in front of Bangor police officer

Just before the alleged assault, Jason Ladd, 42, was kicked out of a Main Street business and given a no-trespass order.

Old Town bridge will be closed next Wednesday for inspection of collapsed span

Traffic will be detoured along a previously used route.

One Army unit is offering 4 bonus days off to play Grand Theft Auto for soldiers who reenlist

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A U.S. Army unit is offering its troops a special bonus if they reenlist soon: four extra days off timed around the November release of the video game Grand Theft Auto VI. Commanders of the 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion based at Fort Stewart, Georgia, believe free time to indulge in the […]

Maine’s Catholic diocese reaches 7-figure settlement with people who say they were sexually abused

The settlements come more than a year after Maine’s highest court struck down a state law that retroactively removed the statute of limitations for lawsuits about sexual abuse.

The next generation of Aquaculture

WRITTEN BY WANDA CURTIS The Gulf of Maine Research Institute has trained 14 new employees for Maine’s aquaculture industry since 2018. The employees completed the GMRI Aquaculture Apprenticeship Program and are now employed by aquaculture businesses across Maine in shellfish and seaweed operations, according to Aquaculture Program Manager Carissa Maurin. Two more cohorts are currently […]