Yes, if you have a hammock, now is the time to slide into it and while away the heat of the day with a cool drink and a summer read. The first press of the garden is over, with weeds somewhat in check ...

For Joyce Mohr, an enrolled agent for Taxes Plus, doing her job used to mean meeting with people, one on one, every hour on the hour, to help prepare their taxes. Not only did this mean going over ...

I am a volunteer at the Marshall Point Lighthouse & Museum in Port Clyde, Maine. We are hoping to clarify some recent news reports that may give some visitors the impression that we are closed this ...

Someone stole my bike seat and harshed my mellow. I was away for the weekend at my annual May Day encampment. It was a beautiful gathering of about 40 adults and children and folks at the edges and in ...

My friend Holly sent me a listing for a multi-home property here in Maine. Forty acres and several buildings, including a couple of small shops. It was dreamy.

On Wednesday, June 19, at 6 p.m., Penobscot Bay Singers will perform a "Joy of Singing" concert, celebrating the group's 50th anniversary and raising money for Homeworthy (known formerly as Knox ...

"Red Shelters" by Stew Henderson.Artists Explore the Natural World at Parsonage Gallery The Parsonage Gallery in Searsport announces its first new exhibitions of 2024: "Natural Sym… ...

Winter arrives in southern Maine at last, as storm drops 10 inches of snow or more across the region.

William Penn wrote: "Only those can criticize who also have a heart to help. The rest is cruelty, not justice." What an apt description of the public persona of Donald Trump. Trump's rhetoric is a ...

This past summer we lost two musical icons who hailed from different generations and different genres. The losses of Tony Bennett and Jimmy Buffett hit a lot of people really hard, including me. On ...

One in five men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime (per Dana-Farber Cancer Institute). It’s the second leading cause of cancer death in men in the United States, after skin cancer.

“There is no more important issue than money in politics,” said Sen. Rick Bennett, R-Oxford. Bennett supports a yes vote on Question 2, which asks: “Do you want to ban foreign governments and entities ...