Sen. Susan Collins is backing a bill in the Senate that would require proof of citizenship to vote. Presumably people would ...

Ru (short for Arugula), Elmer Glue and Greta are among the therapy dogs that excel at helping students and may be the most popular members of our staff. Therapy dogs are on leash and under their owner ...

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Several women incarcerated at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham say their complaints have been largely ignored by prison officials.

The joint proposal from the Maine Department of Corrections and secretary of state was struck down last week, meaning that ...

This week’s poem, Lucia Owen’s “Rainy Morning in the Horse Barn,” offers a tender, quiet interlude of communion among beings.

Photographer Derek Davis joined a couple dozen people at Bug Light Park in South Portland in the early hours Tuesday.

Democrats, independents and supporters of the Grand Old Republican Party should find themselves in agreement here.

Kat Rosenfield grew up spending summers with her grandparents on Sebec Lake, not far from where her latest thriller, “How to Survive in the Woods” takes place. Rosenfield’s signature hypnosis brings ...

The state’s aging sewer systems need to be upgraded and expanded to support the 84,000 homes Maine says it needs by 2030. It ...

Jeremy Swayman makes 34 saves, and Boston beats Pittsburgh as it continues to hold on to the final playoff spot in the East.

A notice of the plan from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is scheduled to be published on Wednesday.