Prent Marriner, Appleton's fire chief, stands by a fire truck at the town's fire station on Monday. Marriner, who was injured in the Robbins Lumber fire and explosion in Searsmont on May 15, says ...

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Jenny Richardson-Rossbach holds her daughter, who wears a shark-printed onesie, at Lincolnville Beach on Wednesday. Richardson-Rossbach has been thinking about sharks a lot lately, she said, but ...

Supporters of Lincoln Hospital's birthing unit outside MaineHealth headquarters in Portland on Aug. 1. Credit: Patty Wight / BDN Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff ...

Bangor has received numerous complaints accusing it of using of automatic license plate reading cameras, such as ones from Flock, but no such cameras are being used in the city, according to City ...

Ellsworth is weighing a temporary ban on data center developments as many residents across Maine and the country have banded together to oppose the facilities that they fear will have devastating ...

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A shooting at a Georgia high school Wednesday left one student wounded, and a teenage suspect who fled was later taken into ...

Among other findings, voters are more concerned about Collins’ record of voting with Donald Trump than they are about Jackson being too progressive.

Lana Pelletier, the U.S. Senate candidate's partner of 40 years, now denies telling police that Jackson pushed her after a fight.