Maine land trusts using grant funds to upgrade trail systems around the state

The projects include design and planning of a parking area and the final steps of a trail reroute at nature preserves in Cape Elizabeth and Topsham, as well as the installation of lights on a Nordic ski trail in Norway.

Portland woman arrested for driving the wrong way on Interstate 295

It is the second time in less than a week that someone has driven the wrong way on a major highway in Maine.

Maine fathers form support groups after losing children to stillbirths

The Sad Dads Club has grown into a global community with members from Maine to California, helping parents through their grief while honoring the memories of their children.

Service worker at Falmouth restaurant diagnosed with hepatitis

Anyone who ate at the Dockside Grill between Oct. 23-25 or Nov. 6-8 may have been exposed.

Cooking for crowds workshops to be offered this fall in Falmouth

Workshops will be held Sept. 26, Oct. 12 and Nov. 16.

Extension to offer pie bake-off, beekeeping talk in Falmouth Sept. 6

Field day at Falmouth’s Tidewater Farm set for Aug. 12

The Portland Phoenix publishes final issue

The owners of the weekly newspaper, which restarted after a shutdown in 2019, said the pandemic kept them from attracting enough advertisers.

Falmouth mother says she’s not taking down her Pride flags despite complaint

Brooke Hackett said the homeowners association told her all signs and flags are banned in her neighborhood, a rule that she says was never enforced until now.

Investigators believe driver in fatal crash went wrong way on Bucknam Road off-ramp

Police continue to investigate why Nancy Ezhaya of Yarmouth was driving in the wrong direction on Interstate 295 when she hit another vehicle in a crash that killed both drivers and injured a passenger.