A Pomologist’s 50-Year Mission to Revive Maine’s Heritage-Apple Varieties Is Bearing Fruit

A couple of years ago, one of the rarest apple trees in North America was discovered in Ron and Jeanne Russell’s Verona Island backyard. Perched crookedly on a hill overlooking the Penobscot River, the Drap D’Or de Bretagne, or Golden Cloth of...

Climbing to New Heights: a Maine Bound feature

By Joe Lazaro on October 6, 2025 If you have a love of the outdoors or rockclimbing, you have to give Maine Bound Adventure Center a try. Maine Bound Adventure Center is the University of Maine’s comprehensive outdoor program. They provide rental...

Inside the talks that led a contaminated Maine compost plant to be shut down

Tests that confirmed Maine’s largest composting plant had contaminated wetlands more than 2 miles away with “forever chemicals” shined a light on the broad extent of its pollution and likely hastened its closure. Casella Waste Management, the...

INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Scientific Evidence Of Gerrymandering

Texas conducted an unusual mid-decade redrawing of Congressional districts for the state. California responded in kind with a ballot measure to temporarily suspend their independent-commission-drawn districts. The debate over how the people are to...

40 Under 40: Christina Consigli builds opportunities for Maine through teamwork

Greatest achievement: Personally, there is no greater achievement than my two girls. They’re my greatest gifts and it’s the honor of my life to get to watch them grow and experience the world. Professionally, as a builder, completing a complex and...

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say

On Tuesday, a Christian legal group will urge the US supreme court to overturn a ban on anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” in a case that could erode protections for transgender and queer youth across the country. Lawyers from Alliance Defending...

Maine Army National Guards holds ceremony for unit ahead of deployment

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - On Friday in Augusta, the Maine Army National Guard held a send-off ceremony for a unit being deployed to Saudi Arabia. More than 130 soldiers from the 136th Engineer Vertical Construction Company were surrounded by...

How the cost increase in H-1B visas could impact higher education in Maine

Maine colleges and universities are evaluating potential impacts of a new federal policy that significantly raises the cost of H-1B visas to $100,000. MAINE, USA — Some of Maine's higher education institutions are evaluating potential impacts of a...

Scientists find new bite-resistant wetsuits can reduce shark bite injuries

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Australian scientists tested the strength of bite-resistant wetsuits by allowing sharks to chomp the materials at sea and found that the suits can help keep swimmers safe. Fatal shark bites are vanishingly rare, with less...

Maine woman who confessed to burying friend in backyard to plead guilty in court

SOUTH PARIS, Maine (WGME) -- A Norway woman who confessed to burying her friend in her backyard is expected to deliver a guilty plea on Friday. Vernelle Jackson, 87, was charged with theft and forgery and abuse of a corpse. The charges stem from...

‘Oldest, poorest, sickest’: Inside Maine’s elderly gun suicide crisis

It’s a hard-hit region in a hard-hit state: More older Mainers died by gun suicide than they did in car crashes over that period. The overall gun suicide rate in Maine was 16 per 100,000. The numbers represent a troubling trend playing out in...

Tucson Speaks Out; October 24

A Palestinian man carries a box of food from the World Food Programme after collecting it Monday in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Jehad Alshrafi, Associated Press Insanity of sending US troops to Gaza Columnist James Stavridis has lost...

Maine to Establish New Life Sciences Center

A new Maine Life Sciences Center is being created by the Maine Technology Institute after an announcement on Thursday by Governor Janet Mills. The governor also announced a $2.7 million grant for a laboratory and other resources to help expand the...

Here’s what you need to know about Maine’s two ballot questions this November

Mainers will see two big questions on the ballot this year: one about election procedures, and one about a potential red flag law. Maine citizens can put proposed legislation directly before voters through a process called a citizen initiative....

Spirits on Maine Street: Ghost Hunting Tours Bring Local Lore to Life

When the lights dim at the Plains Theater and the building creaks into its nightly rhythm, the stage is set for something beyond films or stage plays. This October, the Crow-Luther Cultural Events Center opens its doors to mystery, history, and a...

Maine Town Excited about Possible New Data Center

Sept. 25, 2025 – A data center could be built next to the electrical grid infrastructure once used by the former Maine Yankee Atomic Power Plant. According to a press release from the Wiscasset Selectboard, the town said it was approached by a...

Maine Savings Federal Credit Union promotes Fournier to senior vice president of operations

HAMPDEN — Maine Savings Federal Credit Union is proud to announce the promotion of Lisa Fournier to senior vice president of Operations, recognizing her remarkable leadership, deep institutional knowledge and unwavering commitment to member...

Maine's coast featured in first radar images from new Earth-mapping satellite

A detailed radar image of the Maine coast captured by a new Earth-mapping satellite is among the first to be shared by NASA.The image, captured on Aug. 21, shows Mount Desert Island. Dark areas of the image represent water, while green areas...

Waterbury woman and her Maine coon make a purr-fect team

This story by Cheryl Casey was first published in The Waterbury Roundabout on Sept. 19, 2025. Move over, therapy dogs. There’s a new king of emotional well-being in town. Meet Toby, a 16-month-old Maine Coon of Waterbury Center, the first...

Maine 4-H students test showmanship at Big E

The Maine 4-H Beef Team is a cooperative extension of the University of Maine, and provides youth with hands-on education in the beef cattle industry. Their education is put to the test at the Big E -- formally known as the Eastern State...