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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democrat Joseph E. Brennan, whose hardscrabble childhood shaped his working-class views in a political career that included two terms as Maine’s governor and two terms in the U.S. House, died…

This story was originally published in March 2018. References have been updated. With a nor’easter rolling through, you’re probably getting ready to hunker down for the weekend. Before you despair over the lack of warm…

More than two months after her commercial fishing pier on Mount Desert Island took a serious beating in back-to-back storms, Sheryl Harper has only just begun planning a way forward. High winds and storm surge swamped the…

Over the last decade, an entire industry has taken shape that mails ready-to-cook meals to time-crunched home chefs, with clear recipes and pre-measured ingredients carefully boxed inside every delivery. But there are…

Portland's water supply Maine’s Crooked River flows into Sebago Lake, the drinking water source for 52,000 household water customers who live in or near Portland, Maine. The lake is an ideal water supply—deep, cold, low in nutrients, and…

LIMESTONE, Maine — A business professor, former town manager, economic development specialist and bank executive have been tasked with redeveloping the former Loring Air Force Base. Jim Gardner Maine’s Legislature created…

The Final Wind Energy Area (WEA) identified for potential offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine is largely located away from habitats of higher importance to endangered North Atlantic right whales. This smart siting…

Toxic chemical releases have declined 21% nationally in 10 years according to new Toxics Release Inventory data March 26, 2024 BOSTON (MAR. 26, 2024) — Recently, the…

A former school bus driver who stalked and threatened an 8-year-old boy in New Hampshire was sentenced on Thursday to nine years in prison. Michael Chick, 40, of Eliot, Maine, who pleaded guilty in federal court last month to…

TODAY’S TOP MAINE STORIES Judge allows Maine newspapers to unmask $1.35 billion lottery winner. “John Doe” says he got threats after his daughter’s mother allegedly told family members he’d won. Hampden’s school…

AUGUSTA, Maine — A long-debated data privacy overhaul in Maine finally took a step forward Tuesday after months of meetings, amendments and pushback from Big Tech and businesses from L.L. Bean to a small-time candlemaker.The…

A proposal from environmental regulators could open the door to lithium mining in western Maine at a time when the metal is in high demand for rechargeable batteries and high-tech devices.But the proposed rules received mixed…

If you plan to watch the total eclipse on April 8 from your favorite state park or ATV trail, you may want to check first. Maine’s state park campgrounds are closed in April. Baxter State Park will be closed to camping around…

Maine will add two new public defender offices under a bill that passed the Legislature and was signed by Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday.Until recently, Maine was the only state in the nation that relied entirely on private…

AUGUSTA, Maine — After opposing similar legislation last year, Gov. Janet Mills has introduced a proposal to cover farmworkers under Maine’s minimum wage laws.The Democratic governor’s bill was unveiled Wednesday and expected to…

Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Maine and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms…

PORTLAND, Maine — Dr. Yusuf Ebrahim, a resident physician at Maine Medical Center, was willing to block traffic and get arrested while protesting the war in Gaza last month. Now, the Iraqi-American internist is ready to face the…

There have been many female murderers over the centuries called a “Borgia,” in reference to Lucrezia Borgia, the Italian Renaissance-era noblewoman who, as stories claim, poisoned her husbands and lovers once they were no longer…

The weather along the swath of eclipse totality from Mexico to Maine is a big unknown. What is known is the moon will pass across the sun on April 8 right on schedule even if it’s raining, snowing or cloudy. For this eclipse,…

MEREDITH, New Hampshire  — An independent commission has been reviewing the events leading up to Army reservist Robert Card killing 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine, on Oct. 25, 2023. Here is what the…

PORTLAND, Maine – They’re wriggly, they’re gross and they’re worth more than $2,000 a pound. And soon, fishermen might be able to catch thousands of pounds of them for years to come. Baby eels, also called elvers, are likely…

A $30 million bond request meant to bolster existing and develop new trails could be used to repair damage that multiple storms inflicted on the state’s trail system, according to a Maine Trails Coalition spokesperson on…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The National Guard’s “Always Ready, Always There” motto symbolizes its vigilant presence across the nation. In Alaska, where natural disasters like…

While people generally associate buried pirate treasure with Caribbean islands and frayed old maps with X marking the spot, Maine also has its fair share of tales of fortunes stashed away for safekeeping — only for the locations…

A shortage of police in some rural areas is emerging as a key concern for Maine lawmakers as they dig into Gov. Janet Mills’ $71 million change to the state budget. The spending plan contains additional money for the state police to…

A shortage of police in some rural areas is emerging as a key concern for Maine lawmakers as they dig into Gov. Janet Mills’ $71 million change to the state budget. The spending plan contains additional money for the state…

The inventory of available homes in Maine is near an all-time low. Yet we still found homes on the market with one striking feature in common. That was a turret. These homes span a range of styles from Victorians to new…

Chance Mercier of Ellsworth is your 2024 Mr. Maine Basketball. Awarded by the Maine Association of Basketball Coaches at the Anah Shrine in Bangor on Friday night, Mercier beat out finalists Zach McLaughlin of Hampden…

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Kelly Kierstead has worked in the community…

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Jessica Riccardi is an assistant professor in…

AUGUSTA, Maine — Research on waiting period laws like the 72-hour mandate that Democratic lawmakers have proposed after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting on record has shown they can reduce gun suicides and homicides.But the…

One month after the president issued a federal disaster declaration for the state of Maine for the severe storm and flooding that took place December 17-21, 2023, more than $3.6 million has been approved to help 630 applicants in…

The BDN Editorial Board operates independently from the newsroom, and does not set policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. A majority of U.S. states already have…

Kittery has approved a plan to demolish an underutilized outlet shopping center to make room for a new hotel, restaurant and housing near the Kittery Trading Post on Route 1. The plans call for a 119-room hotel and 107 new…

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Sen. Teresa Pierce, D-Falmouth, is the chair of…

The town of Wiscasset has ramped up its efforts to collect more tax revenue from the decommissioned Maine Yankee nuclear plant after a decision last year by state environmental officials exempted the facility from paying some of…

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Tony Donovan is a Portland realtor, director of…

BANGOR, MAINE, Feb. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Husson University Associate Professor Brien Walton, J.D. Ed.D., has been named a Faculty Explorer by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Technology Transitions in the first…

HOULTON, Maine — In Korean bibimbap, there are a myriad of colors, sauces and spices. When the meal of vegetables and meat is mixed together, it all becomes one. Joyce Kang, a local United Methodist pastor who came to Boston…

Maine saw the median price for a home climb last month even as sales continued to drop. Buyer scooped up 743 homes in January, a nearly 2 percent fall compared with the 758 sold in January 2023, according to the Maine…

If you have damage to a vehicle as a result of the severe storm and flooding that occurred Dec. 17 – 21, 2023, auto insurance and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are the primary resources available to help with your repairs.…

January’s record high average temperature throughout Maine foreshadows a threat from a new pest that could attack the iconic trees spanning Maine’s southern coast to the mountaintops of Acadia National Park. Found in 2021 by a…

Maine’s state fossil is Pertica quadrifaria , a plant that lived nearly 400 million years ago during the Devonian period, fossilized remains of which were discovered in 1968 in Baxter State Park. Scientists believe it was the…

PLYMOUTH, Maine — When Michael Seavey walked into the woods near his property to see what was happening at the secretive waste processing plant nearby, he got a snootful of answers. Soil Preparation Inc., the private…

Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) teams from FEMA are going door-to-door in Androscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, and Somerset counties, canvassing neighborhoods and helping disaster-impacted residents register for FEMA disaster…

February 16, 2024 BOSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is deleting the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, located in Kittery, Maine, from the National Priorities…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending nearly $5.2 million to the State of Maine to reimburse Maine Medical Center in Portland for various costs incurred responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.The $5,186,747 in Public…

For years, some representatives of the Maine lobster industry have claimed that its gear has never been linked to a recent death of an endangered North Atlantic right whale. That claim has always been specious and at odds…

Today is Thursday. Temperatures will be in the mid-20s to mid-30s from north to south, with mostly sunny skies to the north and increasing clouds to the south. See what the weather for the rest of the day will be here. Here’s what…

BANGOR, Maine - The National Guard’s motto is “Always Ready, Always There,” and for one group of Maine National Guardsmen, being “there” is a loose term with no specific…