Like those who gathered around the campfire, the young actors courageously step out onto the stage…

There’s a lot to like in living in these towns. Most have libraries. Many have movie theaters.

Damariscotta is moving forward with projects aimed at improving its waterfront. The work comes despite the Jan. 4 “king tide,” the highest tide of the year, and the associated storm surge which flooded a municipal parking lot and...

“This doesn’t touch on economic development. This is economic development.”
—Chris Mitchell

The cruise ship industry’s growing interest in visiting Maine’s harbor towns is being hailed as opportunity by some, and branded as threat by others. While communities like Bar Harbor and Rockland are debating...

On Saturday, July 7, from 11 am to 2 pm, the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport will host a model boat race featuring lobster boats and America’s Cup yachts. The event will take place at the Searsport Town Dock. For more information call 548-2529.

The property “presents a complex planning riddle,” said Tom Crikelair, who co-chaired the advisory committee.

Soon the whole group was smiling, sometimes out of fun and sometimes with mild embarrassment...

In August 2016, something unexpected washed up on a private beach in Wooster Cove on North Haven island—a whale carcass.