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UMaine football team puts redshirt freshman as starting quarterback after injury to Joe Fagnano

By Larry Mahoney on Sep 13, 2021 06:09 pm
Derek Robertson made his collegiate debut in a 44-17 loss to Villanova this spring and completed all four of his passes for 28 yards.
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Old Town teen shines at Sugarloaf mountain biking event

By Ernie Clark on Sep 13, 2021 05:55 pm
Some 450 mountain bikers from along the East Coast converged on western Maine’s Sugarloaf mountain Sunday for the Eastern States Cup Box Showdown enduro and downhill races.
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Feds approve Maine’s plan for spending new child abuse prevention money

By Lia Russell on Sep 13, 2021 05:26 pm
The federal government approved a plan that will grant Maine $2.4 million annually for child abuse prevention programs.
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Blinken defends Biden’s handling of Afghanistan withdrawal

By The Associated Press on Sep 13, 2021 05:01 pm
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday defended the Biden administration's much-criticized handling of the military withdrawal from Afghanistan in a contentious congressional hearing.
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Buxton man accused of threatening on Twitter ‘to kill Jews with my AR-15’

By Judy Harrison on Sep 13, 2021 04:36 pm
A Buxton man who allegedly threatened in his Twitter feed “to kill Jews with my AR-15” during the High Holy Days has been charged in federal court in Portland with transmitting threatening interstate communication.
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Prentiss man arrested for allegedly shooting 2 people

By Leela Stockley on Sep 13, 2021 04:21 pm
Gary J. LeBlanc, 64, shot two people at around 3:12 p.m. on Friday at 247 Averill Road in Prentiss, according to Shannon Moss, spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety.
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Conservation group creating oyster reef off Phippsburg

By The Associated Press on Sep 13, 2021 03:53 pm
The conservatory's goal was to see if an oyster reef could be grown on the ocean floor in the Gulf of Maine, which is warming faster than 99 percent of the world's large bodies of saltwater.
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Fire destroys Minot building that housed store, post office

By The Associated Press on Sep 13, 2021 03:36 pm
The fire at the Village Trading Post eliminated access to a post office at the premises, requiring mail to be taken to the town's main post office.
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Oldest US veteran of WWII celebrates his 112th birthday

By The Associated Press on Sep 13, 2021 03:31 pm
A Louisiana man who is the oldest living World War II veteran in the United States has marked his 112th birthday.
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Acadia anticipates record-setting year after surpassing August 2020 numbers

By Bill Trotter on Sep 13, 2021 03:23 pm
The park had roughly 800,000 visits in August, according to Adam Gibson, a social scientist for Acadia, which is more than 17 percent higher than the estimated number of visits the park had in August 2020.
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