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Bangor City Council candidate wants to eliminate affordable housing

Bangor City Council candidate wants to eliminate affordable housing

This family bought a Bangor home after 15 years of renting

Former Maine Capitol Police chief given chance to avoid most serious charges after bar fight

Bangor warming center leaders fear people will freeze to death after 2 shelters are denied funding

Former Maine judge and hot dog stand owner dies at 95

Janet Mills calls on Congress to approve more funding for heating assistance

Janet Mills calls on Congress to approve more funding for heating assistance

Mills said that approved funds didn’t account for President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, which has disrupted global fuel supplies.

Maine’s heating oil prices are 80% higher than a year ago

Maine’s heating oil prices are 80% higher than a year ago

Low-income Mainers auto-enrolled for electric discounts

Low-income Mainers auto-enrolled for electric discounts

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Caribou council candidate wants to hold taxes down and bring business in

Caribou council candidate wants to hold taxes down and bring business in

Houlton council candidate wants to balance town services with affordability

Houlton council candidate wants to balance town services with affordability

Maine man seriously injured in tractor-trailer collision

Maine man seriously injured in tractor-trailer collision

Susan Collins’ Bangor home egged

Susan Collins’ Bangor home egged

Paul LePage touts ties to Donald Trump while hedging on tariffs, Iran and ICE

Paul LePage touts ties to Donald Trump while hedging on tariffs, Iran and ICE

Donald Trump at center of feisty 1st Maine gubernatorial debate

Donald Trump at center of feisty 1st Maine gubernatorial debate

6 emergency nurses at Aroostook hospital resign amid dwindling morale

6 emergency nurses at Aroostook hospital resign amid dwindling morale

Bangor police investigating after driver nearly hits Maine Wire reporter

Bangor police investigating after driver nearly hits Maine Wire reporter

Multi-generational family-owned lobster pound on MDI listed for $6M

Multi-generational family-owned lobster pound on MDI listed for $6M

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LATEST NEWS

Trial set to decide whether undue influence was used in making Maine man’s will

Jury acquits fired Florida sheriff’s deputy in killing of Black U.S. Airforce Airman Roger Fortson

Trump heads to Alabama: ‘I go there because they want to see me there’

Kennedy Center Honors to be held at Capital One Arena amid fight over adding Trump’s name

OPINION

Letter: Troy Jackson is the reason Maine students get free school meals

Letter: Troy Jackson is the reason Maine students get free school meals

Maine’s candidates for governor answer your questions

Maine’s candidates for governor answer your questions

Public Safety

Lewiston man allegedly sexually exploited Illinois child on social media

82-year-old pilot injured when ‘last of its kind’ airplane flips at Brunswick airport

Maine man faces drug trafficking charges after crashing into construction vehicle

NATIONAL NEWS

Divers find body of person missing from California helicopter crash that killed 2 others

New York’s governor and AG set to give update on Cornell rape allegations

Iowa lawmakers to vote on raising tax incentive cap for a $15B steel plant

POLITICS

Live updates: Paul LePage enters 1st of 2 debates with Matt Dunlap

Live updates: Paul LePage enters 1st of 2 debates with Matt Dunlap

Live updates: Maine’s gubernatorial candidates meet for 1st debate

Hannah Pingree holds double-digit lead over Bobby Charles in AARP poll

Troy Jackson ahead of Susan Collins in AARP poll, but she’s dominating swing voters

Pro-Collins PAC takes out $2M ad buy attacking Troy Jackson

BUSINESS

Mainers feel the pinch of surging food prices

Mainers feel the pinch of surging food prices

As heating oil prices hit record highs, Mainers eye winter with growing trepidation

There are a lot of things people love about Maine. Housing isn’t one of them.

Northern Mainers fear they can’t afford heating bills this winter

A new program in Belfast is helping homeless families find permanent housing

Today’s paper

GET OUTSIDE AND DO THINGS

How to sex and age your harvested ruffed grouse

How to sex and age your harvested ruffed grouse

Maine approves deer hunt for MDI town after nearly century-long ban

Maine approves deer hunt for MDI town after nearly century-long ban

Restaurant in northern Maine giving away free pizza to successful moose hunters

Restaurant in northern Maine giving away free pizza to successful moose hunters

Other states are banning deer urine lures for hunting. Is Maine next?

Other states are banning deer urine lures for hunting. Is Maine next?

SPORTS

UMaine men’s hockey seeking bounceback season as it prepares for opening weekend

Cony and Lawrence square off in battle of unbeatens in high school football

Camden Hills girls soccer is team to beat in Class A North

Presque Isle’s junior hockey team enters 2nd season with new lineup and playstyle

Former UMaine star Bradly Nadeau sent down to AHL despite strong showing for Hurricanes

UMaine women’s basketball picked 4th in America East preseason poll

OPINION

You asked, Maine’s candidates answered

‘I was wrong’ is hard to say. But many Trump voters need to say it.

Why I voted against removing George Mitchell’s name from building, scholarship

Why I stand on the corner holding a sign

We have more ways than ever to prevent colorectal cancer. Let’s use them.

US-Canada relations have weathered disagreements before. They will again.

Latest news in your region

BANGOR

I-95 bridge construction will close Broadway lane next week

I-95 bridge construction will close Broadway lane next week

HANCOCK

Blue Hill sues downtown restaurant over unpermitted buildings

Blue Hill sues downtown restaurant over unpermitted buildings

MIDCOAST

Knox County administrator is resigning

Knox County administrator is resigning

PORTLAND

Georgia man charged in crash that killed star Maine swimmer

Georgia man charged in crash that killed star Maine swimmer

AROOSTOOK

Aroostook’s only warming shelter faces deficit even with new state boost

Aroostook’s only warming shelter faces deficit even with new state boost

CENTRAL MAINE

Nearly 684,000-pound load is taking longer than expected to reach Maine coast

Nearly 684,000-pound load is taking longer than expected to reach Maine coast

DOWN EAST

Decades-old fight over Down East gravel road is heading back to court

Decades-old fight over Down East gravel road is heading back to court

PISCATAQUIS

Greenville’s historic Masonic temple will be rebuilt after devastating fire

Greenville’s historic Masonic temple will be rebuilt after devastating fire

YORK

Water supply for Maine’s Navy shipyard is draining months ahead of schedule

Water supply for Maine’s Navy shipyard is draining months ahead of schedule

News

Janet Mills will leave a $1B budget gap behind for her successor to close

Politics

Janet Mills will leave a $1B budget gap behind for her successor to close

Penobscot dam owner replaces faulty poles on line where July failure killed fish

Penobscot dam owner replaces faulty poles on line where July failure killed fish

Troy Jackson’s Gaza misstep shows him struggling with a big step up to national politics

Elections

Troy Jackson’s Gaza misstep shows him struggling with a big step up to national politics

Federal funding for tick-borne diseases extended until 2030

Washington

Federal funding for tick-borne diseases extended until 2030

Troy Jackson apologizes after linking Jewish Mainers’ views on Gaza to their identity

Elections

Troy Jackson apologizes after linking Jewish Mainers’ views on Gaza to their identity

Bangor is a finalist for new refueling squadron

State

Bangor is a finalist for new refueling squadron

Maine’s deluge of political ads is crowding out small businesses

Elections

Maine’s deluge of political ads is crowding out small businesses

Controversial Bangor councilor running for reelection wants the city to have a mayor

Government

Controversial Bangor councilor running for reelection wants the city to have a mayor

UMaine System unions call for review of administration spending before proposed cuts

Education

UMaine System unions call for review of administration spending before proposed cuts

Heather Cox Richardson sees a Jackson win as a step toward reining in Trump

Elections

Heather Cox Richardson sees a Jackson win as a step toward reining in Trump

Bobby Charles proposes tapping Maine’s ‘rainy day fund’ to lower heating costs

Elections

Bobby Charles proposes tapping Maine’s ‘rainy day fund’ to lower heating costs

UMaine football seeking respectability after another poor performance

College Football

UMaine football seeking respectability after another poor performance

Bangor ethics board member and City Council candidate wants to reduce fiscal waste

Government

Bangor ethics board member and City Council candidate wants to reduce fiscal waste

Bangor will buy $1.3M PCHC property, risking disruption to healthcare services

Government

Bangor will buy $1.3M PCHC property, risking disruption to healthcare services

Susan Collins ‘will not be intimidated’ after vandalism at Biddeford office

Elections

Susan Collins ‘will not be intimidated’ after vandalism at Biddeford office

Donald Trump’s taxpayer-funded ‘final battle’ ad hits Maine TV

Elections

Donald Trump’s taxpayer-funded ‘final battle’ ad hits Maine TV

Mark Kelly says Troy Jackson a ‘real shot’ to win in November

Elections

Mark Kelly says Troy Jackson a ‘real shot’ to win in November

Immigrants have a greater workforce participation rate than Maine as a whole

Business

Immigrants have a greater workforce participation rate than Maine as a whole

Maine posts record-breaking heating oil prices amid Iran War

Energy

Maine posts record-breaking heating oil prices amid Iran War

Waste buried in the woods shows how hard it is to rehab Maine’s abandoned factories

Waste buried in the woods shows how hard it is to rehab Maine’s abandoned factories

Why this $175K Maine camp has spent nearly 3 years on the market

Housing

Why this $175K Maine camp has spent nearly 3 years on the market

How Maine’s gubernatorial candidates say they’d fix state’s crumbling EMS system

State

How Maine’s gubernatorial candidates say they’d fix state’s crumbling EMS system

A data center developer has quietly eyed Bucksport’s former mill site

Business

A data center developer has quietly eyed Bucksport’s former mill site

Penobscot County leaders spent thousands on travel and dining amid multimillion-dollar budget crisis

Government

Penobscot County leaders spent thousands on travel and dining amid multimillion-dollar budget crisis