What we’re talking about in Maine today.
Posted inHigh School Sports
The Flagg twins are playing in the country’s most prestigious high school basketball tourney
Cooper and Ace Flagg will be competing for Montverde Academy as the team defends its GEICO National Championship title.
Posted inUniversity of Maine Black Bear Sports
UMaine baseball player is leading Division I in walks
University of Maine junior second baseman Quinn McDaniel has been spending a lot of time on the bases this season.
Posted inMaine Focus
Embroiled University of Maine System maintains pioneering institutional accreditation
The University of Maine System is the only higher education institution in the nation to accredit all of its schools under one evaluation.
Posted inPortland
Portland’s DIY music scene thrives as the city gentrifies around it
For bassist David Yearwood, Portland’s DIY punk scene is “more vibrant and satisfying than in the Big Apple” where he previously lived.
Posted inBangor
UMaine planetarium stars in play about groundbreaking astronomers
“Silent Sky” sets its story of Henrietta Leavitt’s pursuit of scientific knowledge against the striking background of the Maynard Jordan Planetarium.
Posted inOutdoors
A photographer is capturing gorgeous images of Maine’s birds
Dave Small has a treasure trove of wildlife photographs stored in his archives — and he’s always adding to it.
Posted inMidcoast
Body recovered from Medomak River in Waldoboro
The Maine Marine Patrol recovered the body after receiving a report that a 12-foot skiff with three occupants sunk around 4 p.m.
Posted inCentral Maine
2 seriously injured in car crash after police pursuit in Jay
Vanessa Gordon, 33, and 38-year-old Joshua Allen crashed a Pontiac in North Jay while being pursued by police on Tuesday night.
Posted inAroostook
Proposed Versant rate hike spurs outcry from Aroostook customers
Aroostook County residents told the Maine Public Utilities Commission Wednesday they can’t afford another electric rate hike.
Posted inPortland
Juvenile missing from West Virginia foster home located in Portland
The juvenile, who is not being named, was reported missing from the foster care home in Hillsboro, West Virginia in September.
Posted inNation
Fiona, Ian retired from list of tropical cyclone names
Since the current storm-naming system was adopted in 1953, a total of 96 names have been retired from the Atlantic basin list.
Posted inBangor
Impending Old Town mill shutdown leaves questions about city’s future
Community members are still processing ND Paper’s decision to shut down the Old Town pulp mill for an extended period and what it means for the city.
Posted inBangor
Orono’s Dirigo Search and Rescue team disbanding after 54 years
Dirigo Search and Rescue will close in November due to its dwindling and aging membership.
Posted inHancock
Bar Harbor man with 41-year criminal history gets 2 years behind bars in assault case
Thomas Owen Alley, a commercial real estate investor in Hancock County, has been ordered to serve three years of probation upon release.
Posted inBDN Maine
EMMC celebrates an outstanding CNA with SUNSHINE Award
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center celebrated their latest SUNSHINE Award recipient, Cheryl Hurd, CNA, on Wednesday, March 29. Cheryl was nominated for the award by a patient who wrote, […]
Posted inWorld
Pope to be hospitalized for days with respiratory infection
The 86-year-old pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, doesn’t have COVID-19 a spokesperson said Wednesday.
Posted inNation
Fewer manatees starved to death this winter thanks to 400,000 pounds of lettuce
Wildlife officials have only recorded 163 manatee deaths this season, thanks in part to feeding the mammals whose food source is threatened by pollution.
Posted inNew England
Driver who crashed into Massachusetts Apple store charged with murder
Bradley Rein, 53, was indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday on charges stemming from a fatal crash on Nov. 21, 2022.