Camden Hills Regional High School Student Leadership Forum focuses on conversation, discovery

The Five Town CSD hosted its second annual Student Leadership Forum October 15, welcoming 42 juniors and seniors from Camden Hills for a day of dialog, discovery and leadership development. The event, held at the Camden Yacht Club, was organized...

Why You Should Leave The City This Week As Aurora, Meteors And Comets Peak

The Orionid meteor shower reaches its peak overnight on Tuesday, Oct. 21, through Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, just as Comet Lemmon gets closest to Earth on its journey through the inner solar system. getty Light pollution is a scourge and, this...

Moving through our desired paths

By Aiden LiVigni on October 27, 2025 The little dirt off-shoot of the pavement, soft ground underfoot replacing hard rock. Getting to your class a little faster, wandering a little more. It is likely that everyone reading this has, at some point,...

States sue EPA over termination of federal solar funding

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 22 other states in filing lawsuits against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its administrator, Lee Zeldin, over the termination of a $7 billion federal program aimed...

CT needs to plan for its energy future, but the view is cloudy

CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. Create more of it with a tax-deductible donation today. Connecticut, along with the rest of New England, has long recognized that its energy future lies in cleaning up the...

The Top U.S. States With the Largest National Guard Forces

With the stated purpose of reducing crime and supporting deportation initiatives, President Donald Trump has sent National Guard troops to the streets of several American cities. So far, the National Guard has been deployed in Chicago, Los...

Davenport: Clarke County School Board needs a younger member

BERRYVILLE — It's time for the Clarke County School Board to have a younger member, Lindy Davenport believes. Davenport is one of two candidates for the board's Buckmarsh District seat in a special election Nov. 4. Lindy Davenport Mickey...

Opinion: The land that Jack farmed

Sign up for the Concord Monitor's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. We spent this past weekend viewing the variety of fall colors in the mountains and valleys of central west Maine. We observed swarths of green pine trees, bright...

Presenting the 2025 GQ Grooming Award Winners

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...

Front Porch Chatter: Oct. 20, 2025

Greetings dear friends and kind readers and welcome back for a mid-October visit here on the Front Porch where the sun rose this morning at 7:05, will set this evening at 5:58, and where we're still catching up on all that's happened in the weeks...

Democrat Senate candidate issues groveling apology after appalling comments about sex assault resurface

A Democrat running for Senate in Maine released an emotional apology after offensive posts he made on Reddit resurfaced. Graham Platner, 40, is challenging for the seat currently belonging to Republican Susan Collins and his left-wing campaign has...

Reward offered for help in Canada Lynx death investigation

PERHAM, Maine (WABI) - Officials are seeking the public’s help in finding more information about the death of a Canada Lynx in Aroostook County. The Maine Department of Fisheries and Wildlife says Maine Operation Game Thief, in cooperation with...

Letter: Chapman for Bucksport Town Council

Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com As long-time members of the Bucksport community, we want to add our names to the list of citizens who will vote for Ralph...

Pingree questions official after reports U.S. EPA withholding PFAS toxicity assessment

U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree is seeking answers from the Trump administration’s top environmental official after reports that a long-delayed forever chemical risk assessment has been further postponed. The Democrat who represents Maine’s 1st...

Brookfield says Kennebec dam sale motivated by 'overburdensome' regulation

Brookfield Renewable told Maine regulators that its decision to sell four dams on the Kennebec River was influenced by the state's "overburdensome" fish passage requirements to relicense the four hydropower generators. In an Oct. 16 letter to the...

General Sullivan Bridge Coming Down at Cost of $28.5M

By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org NEWINGTON/DOVER – The 1938 General Sullivan Bridge over Little Bay between Newington and Dover is coming down. The state’s Executive Council voted Wednesday to award a $28.4 million contract to a Maine firm to take...

$3,000 reward offered after Canada lynx found shot in Aroostook County

PERHAM, Maine — Maine Operation Game Thief is offering a $3,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever illegally killed a Canada lynx in Aroostook County. Game wardens responded Wednesday to a report of a dead lynx...

House Rep Demands Answers About Delayed EPA Report on PFNA, a Toxic Forever Chemical

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. What Happened: The ranking member of a key House subcommittee demanded answers this week from the...

Belfast, representatives to hold public meeting on proposed Brownfield cleanup projects

The City of Belfast, Maine has been awarded a United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Brownfields Cleanup Grant to fund proposed remediation activities, including the abatement of identified hazardous building materials and/or...

What to Stream: Brandi Carlile, 'A House of Dynamite,' Demi Lovato and 'Nobody Wants This'

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...