Thirty-three percent of fourth graders are proficient in math and 26% in reading, the scores show. The scores for eighth ...

If William N. Cumming Jr., 56, of Bar Harbor, had not killed himself, he would have been charged with murdering Jean Robinson and Allison “Joy” Cumming, police said Wednesday.

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Maine State Police says there was probable cause to arrest a Bar Harbor man for the murders of his mother and sister at a ...

Maine said it wouldn’t break state law to follow President Donald Trump’s order barring transgender girls from playing girls’ ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 24 points and moved within two 3-pointers of becoming the first player in NBA ...

USA Today has released their list of the best coastal towns in the nation for 2025 and it includes two entries from Maine ...

With the Portland Harbor disposal pit completed, dredging at three waterfront sites will begin. What do you do with a big hole in the ground? You fill it, of course. The first phase of the ...

The project would add a new quarter-mile section of transmission line along the edge of Forest Park; opponents have objected to the felling of around 397 trees.

The skate park site next to the Steel Bridge onramp in Old Town is partially owned by ODOT, a relic of the former Harbor Drive highway.

At one of Maine's premier luxury hotels, the two women in charge say the industry has changed a lot since they first started.