A snowstorm Monday, heavy rain for Thursday and Friday

A cold, snowy start to the week gives way to a big warm up and a lot of rain. Quite the way to end April and start May.

Bill Nemitz: A letter, from the heart, to Maine’s summer visitors

Come when you can, spend what you have left, and don't even think about touching one of us.

New Maine Farm Emergency Grants available

Maine youth to hold virtual Senate Candidate Forum

The environment and the climate crisis will be the topic of the April 24 event.

Bill Nemitz: The joy of breaking ground, with a Maine-grown earworm in my head

David Mallett's ‘The Garden Song’ has inspired green thumbs for decades, but never so much as in the spring of 2020.

Bill Nemitz: Careening down the road of unintended consquences

State and local officials, as they grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, should keep one finger on the 'pause' button.

Coronavirus begins to hit Maine workers compensation system

Insurers are starting to see claims for workplace exposure, and safety experts anticipate claims from people injured at makeshift workstations at home.

Chief justice to step down from state’s high court to lead UMaine law school

Leigh Saufley, the first woman to serve as chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, will leave after 19 years on the job to become dean of the University of Maine School of Law in Portland.

Bill Nemitz: ‘Crossing the bridge’ from a Maine nursing school to a world in crisis

St. Joseph's College of Maine's nursing Class of 2020, deprived of a real graduation, prepares to take on a pandemic.

Two state departments share outdoor safety tips