Some hiccups on Maine native’s cross-country hike – but she delivers a message

Deirdre Fournier started hiking the American Discovery Trail in April to raise awareness of domestic violence.

Pesticides are focus of keynote speech at the Common Ground County Fair in Unity

Investigative journalist and author Carey Gillam, who also is research director of U.S. Right to Know, spoke Saturday about pesticides, how they relate to health problems, and how corporations and policy makers continue to focus on profit over health.

Bill Nemitz: Responding to tragedy as if they were family – because they are

Firefighters from 'every corner' of Maine fall in to support their brethren after Monday's deadly explosion in Farmington.

Hundreds of new laws take effect Thursday in Maine

From prohibiting electronic cigarettes in school to changing the name of Columbus Day, more than 500 statutes will go on the books.

Maine Catholic churches to hold collection for victims of Hurricane Dorian, other disasters

Sen. Collins joins bipartisan effort to end Trump’s use of military funds for wall

She views the resolution to end the president's national emergency as a way to block overreach by the executive branch.

Waterville Planning Board torpedoes request to rezone property for marijuana store

Tod and Jewel Currie want to sell 475 Kennedy Memorial Drive to Remington Street Properties, which hopes to open an adult-use marijuana store there, but the planning board on Monday voted 4-3 to reject the request to rezone the location to allow the business.

Here’s why Bernie Sanders was disinvited to speak in Portland on Monday

The Democratic presidential candidate declined to attend the Southern Maine Labor Council's Labor Day breakfast after being told that national union rules prohibited him from speaking.

Bill Nemitz: Ranked-choice voting in Maine just got a lot more complicated

The looming presidential primary will add new layers of intrigue – and maybe a lawsuit or two – to the state's first-of-its-kind election process.

Bill Nemitz: Oh, to swim in Maine’s ocean once again … sharks and all

It's no fun frolicking in the waves with the ‘Jaws’ theme playing in your head.