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Maine Lobster Festival kicks off in Rockland
50+ min ago (172+ words) ROCKLAND, Maine — King Neptune and his court returned from the sea at noon Wednesday to officially open the 2026 Maine Lobster Festival. No sooner had the festival characters arrived on shore, than a long line of patrons formed to enjoy the…...
Bobby Charles accuses Hannah Pingree of failing Maine's climate
3+ hour, 34+ min ago (936+ words) PoliticsOur political journalists are based in the Maine State House and have deep source networks across the partisan spectrum in communities all over the state. Their coverage aims to cut through major debates and probe how officials make decisions. Read…...
Maine is seeing a surge in salmonella infections linked to backyard poultry
5+ hour, 33+ min ago (124+ words) Maine is part of a multi-state outbreak of salmonella infection linked to backyard poultry. On “Maine Calling” on Tuesday, Stephen Combes of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention cited nearly 30 cases in Maine, and said some people have…...
Why plastic traffic posts are suddenly popping up across Greater Bangor
15+ hour, 3+ min ago (517+ words) Plastic posts that have appeared recently on roads throughout Greater Bangor may be giving drivers a sense of claustrophobia. The posts, or bollards, popped up on roads in Bangor, Orono, Bradley, Veazie and Hampden at around the same time and…...
Lil Wayne performs in Bangor a month after no-show
18+ hour, 49+ min ago (251+ words) Lil Wayne finally took the stage in Bangor Tuesday night, nearly a month after he skipped out on his originally scheduled show in the city. “I apologize for the first time,” Lil Wayne told the crowd at the start of…...
More than a festival: Maine Lobster Festival gives back year-round
23+ hour, 49+ min ago (420+ words) ROCKLAND — For generations, the Maine Lobster Festival has been known as one of the state’s premier summer traditions, bringing together tens of thousands of visitors to celebrate Maine’s iconic lobster industry. But behind the five days of food, entertainment and…...
Davis Maine Scholars in Downeast Region select colleges
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (222+ words) “It’s exciting to follow Scholars as they make this important transition to college,” Davis Maine Scholarship founder Andrew Davis shares, “It’s a time when they begin to actualize their careers, gain independence from home, and expand their understanding of the…...
Proposed temporary ban won't stop central Maine Amazon facility, officials say
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (553+ words) SIDNEY, Maine — A 159,000-square-foot Amazon distribution center planned near Junction and Trafton roads cannot be stopped by a citizen effort to pause development on large-scale industrial facilities. That’s according to Sidney officials who clashed with residents Monday night during a…...
Bangor Savings Bank president and CEO to retire after more than a decade at the helm
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (255+ words) Yolanda “Lannie” Moffatt will soon take the helm of Bangor Savings Bank, the largest bank based in Maine, as its 13th president and CEO. Moffatt will succeed Bob Montgomery-Rice, who is retiring at the end of the summer after more than…...
Maine resort town can’t find volunteers to fix its housing problem
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (573+ words) The western Maine resort town of Rangeley is moving to study its housing market after too few residents expressed interest in joining a committee to examine the issue. Officials in the resort community are pushing ahead with plans to apply…...