Holden rainbow flags / Back road inspiration / Jessica Meir

Holden-area schools will only allow US and Maine flags in classrooms

A seventh-grader told the school board that removing the rainbow flags signals that the community does not care about LGBTQ students.

Netflix show co-creator drew inspiration from drives on Maine’s back roads

Patrick Harpin grew up driving Maine’s back roads with his dad and sister — so it only makes sense they’d inspire his animation career.

A Mainer converting classic cars to electric vehicles

Keith Warren believes this is the best way to keep the classic vehicles he loves on the road, doing what they do best — eating up miles and putting on smiles.

Searsport will get 1st bookstore in more than a decade

It’s the latest in a string of new businesses setting down roots in Searsport.

Maine astronaut Jessica Meir won’t be on NASA’s moon mission

Caribou native Jessica Meir has long dreamed of going to the moon. It may just take a little longer than anticipated.

Caribou woman faces felony charges after fire that displaced nearly 2 dozen

Susan Kochanowski, 34, has been charged with murder and arson after a January fire that left one person dead.

Feds delay building new Houlton Border Patrol station

Houlton’s proposed new Border Patrol station has been put on hold after the proposed funds were allocated to a facility in Texas.

All the hunting bills proposed by Maine lawmakers

The Maine Legislature is facing a slew of hunting bills that could change how the state sets its regulations.

Conservation groups drop Atlantic salmon lawsuit against Kennebec River dam owner

Brookfield operates four dams on the river that prevent the fish from reaching traditional spawning grounds.

We hiked to one of Maine’s hardest to reach summits

The famed Traveler Loop in Baxter State Park traverses three summits, an 11-mile mountaineering challenge.

In other Maine news …

Sinkhole closes parking spaces in downtown Bangor

It will take years for Maine to dump investments that politicians don’t like

Maine dollar stores hit with thousands of dollars in fines for federal safety violations

Canadian officials say failed border policies contributed to mass shooting with Maine guns

Woman accused of Maine newborn’s cold case death will plead guilty to manslaughter

Jogger attacked by angry cow in Farmington

Caribou and Fort Fairfield superintendent to lead York schools

Mainers struggle to find therapists in the state’s ‘forgotten county’

Maine beaches that have escaped development can help us understand rising seas

Coffeehouse inside LL Bean’s flagship Freeport store closing by June

UMaine women’s ice hockey captain transferring to Boston College