The alewife, long recognized by the Passamaquoddy people as the "fish that feeds all," is coming back to its ancestral spawning grounds in record numbers after decades of contending with obstructed ...

Recent food insecurity reports place the county as having the least regular access to food in New England, for both children and adults, and earlier this year federally funded programs that provide ...

This year's Margaretta Days Festival in Machias marks its 19th year while celebrating a momentous piece of history. And for a place as far and away as Machias, that significance is not lost to time. A ...

A dispute over whether seniors' caps for graduation at Shead High School could be decorated with articles of cultural or religious significance escalated quickly online and was diffused just as fast ...

In a marathon meeting held June 4, the Lubec Select Board coupled a series of three public hearings on ordinances and the comprehensive plan with a board meeting that was dominated by a discussion ...

Fatal overdoses in Washington County have dropped by approximately 40% over the past two years, signifying a turning point in the battle against synthetic opioids even as new concoctions are entering ...

After 15 years, the alewife harvest has returned to the Pennamaquan River in Pembroke. The resumption of the harvest has been hailed by town officials and biologists alike as a welcome return and a ...

Responding to the call to battle to protect the interests of the United States has long been a hallmark of Mainers, with among the highest number of veterans per capita in the country. Washington ...

Tractors stand at the ready along rolling wild blueberry barrens Downeast, where fields of naked stems offer no hint of the glorious techno color display to come. By late spring, roughly 47,000 acres ...

The tribal government at Sipayik is proceeding with plans to move its wastewater treatment plant because of the risks posed by rising sea levels, flooding and storm surges. Several potential sites ...

Proposed legislation that would significantly expand the regulation of rockweed harvesting in Cobscook Bay has received a unanimous "ought to pass as amended" recommendation by the legislature's ...