6 Plant Care Tips for People Who Can’t Keep Anything Alive, Straight From Garden Pros

Key Points Self-watering planters and moisture meters help prevent over- or underwatering. Use slow-release fertilizer for steady nutrients and choose plants suited to your light and climate. Set up automatic watering or care apps as reminders—but...

Co-ops: A better way to belong and build community

October is National Co-op Month, a time to celebrate the power of cooperation and the difference co-ops make in the lives of millions of Americans every day. Here in Maine, that cooperative spirit runs deep. From food and housing co-ops to...

GQ Grooming Awards 2025: The Best Skincare, Hair, and Body Products of the Year

It’s that time of year again, folks—the season when your trusty GQ editors dive headfirst into the sudsy abyss of scrubs, serums, and soaps to crown the best-in-class grooming products of the year. We've slathered, spritzed, and scrubbed our way...

Osher School of Music Begins iPad Pilot Testing

Published: October 20, 2025 Within the shiny new Crewe Center for the Arts, students at the Osher School of Music have equally shiny new devices in hand. As part of a new pilot program, the Osher School of Music began exploring the integration of...

Why Protest?

On Saturday, ‘No Kings’ protests were held across the nation, including more than two dozen in Maine. Organizers estimate more than 7 million attendees gathered throughout all 50 states, territories, and even abroad. Since its foundation in 1813,...

Northern Light’s new president wants to keep building toward financial stability

Northern Light Health’s new leader is confident that he can help bring long-term sustainability to the struggling health system. The system’s new CEO and president, Dr. Guy Hudson, started last week and said he wants to build on marked...

From Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere to IT: Welcome to Derry – your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Going out: Cinema Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere Out now The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White plays the Boss in this buzzed-about Bruce Springsteen biopic focusing on the period when he was making his 1982 album Nebraska (so, post-Born to Run but...

Two killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon; 41 patients in critical condition evacuated from Gaza; U.S. considers implementing a "Gaza Humanitarian Belt”

41 critical patients evacuated from Gaza on Wednesday—the first medical evacuations since the ceasefire went into effect on October 10. Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports that no aid trucks have reached northern Gaza in 10 days. Israeli ministers...

$19 minimum wage in Portland would harm taxpayers and workers

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 Richard Pfeffer is the founder and owner of Gritty McDuff’s, Maine’s...

Voters in six states will decide on 24 statewide ballot measures on Nov. 4

Welcome to the Friday, Oct. 24, 2025, Brew. By: Lara Bonatesta Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: Voters in six states will decide on 24 statewide ballot measures on Nov. 4 The challenges of providing robust data, Part 2, by...

Edible Fungus Offers Breakthrough in Making Paper and Fabric Liquid-Resistant

In a groundbreaking development that could revolutionize the packaging and textile industries, researchers have unveiled a method to create waterproof coatings using edible fungi. This innovative approach promises a sustainable alternative to the...

Ain’t nothing like the real thing: Officials warn against using AI for hunting regs

There’s at least one thing artificial intelligence isn’t ready to replace. The humble hunting regulation booklet. Earlier this month, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game issued a warning to hunters that they shouldn’t rely on AI to interpret the...

20 best colleges on the East Coast

Considering that the United States was born from a revolution waged along the Eastern Seaboard, it makes sense that the roots of the country's higher education system were also planted there. Harvard University—founded in 1636—came first,...

Trump Plan Would Open Almost All Coast to Offshore Drilling

The Trump administration is readying a proposal to open almost all US coastal waters to new offshore oil drilling despite opposition from state governors and the president’s previous efforts to close off some of the territory. The draft plan for...

More shrimp recalled over possible radioactive contamination. See the full list of stores and states

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Yonkers ranks top 5 in 2025 safest US cities list: Where is NYC?

Frontrunner Zoran Mamdani addressed past anti-police remarks, saying he’s focused on working with officers to keep New Yorkers safe. Meanwhile, rivals Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa are also outlining competing visions for tackling crime and...

How ‘No Kings’ Takes The ‘Move’ Out Of Movements

You cannot defeat a king with a parade. The failure of “No Kings” is the refusal to build real power beyond a single day of protest. “If participants are motivated by hope of psychic completion—by community and a strong sense of belonging—and such...

Melissa bringing deadly and destructive rains to the Caribbean

[En español] Tropical Storm Melissa has already brought death and destruction to the Caribbean, as the nearly stationary tropical storm begins to intensify. Melissa claimed its first fatality on Thursday night, when a falling tree killed an...

Stay Alert! Penobscot County Sheriffs Warn Of Increase In Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving Deer In The Area

It's something most Mainers or driving age have in the back of their minds all of the time....or at least they should; Wildlife in the roadway. Especially in the fall, when daylight is less plentiful and animals are on the move because of the...

Operation Blitz-Cringe: Graham Platner Swaps Nazi Skull for Morbidly Obese Celtic Wolf

Graham Platner, the bearded socialist running for U.S. Senate in Maine, has unveiled the new tattoo he got to cover up the Nazi skull on his chest. In place of the Totenkopf, or "death's head," symbol adopted by Holocaust perpetrators during World...