Over the last 29 years, the New England Congressional Delegation has gone from having seven of its 12 Senators be Republican, to today, just one. Maine Senator Susan Collins is currently the only Republican remaining in the Senate across six New England states. Part of her image has been reliant on her self-description as an …
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Maine’s unemployment rate ticked up to 3.3 percent in September, extending one of the steadiest stretches in the state’s labor market history, according to figures released Tuesday by the Maine Department of Labor.
A pocket of extreme drought has sat along the shore from northern Cumberland County into southern Waldo County since mid-September. That pocket has shrunk slightly in recent weeks, but the region remains one of the driest in New England.
Four years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a woman’s right to choose, remains a big topic for Mainers.
Mortgage rates rose again this week, putting the average 30-year fixed-rate loan at its highest level in some time and adding to costs for prospective homebuyers heading into the fall.
Scientists who worked out how to control brain cells with light have won this year’s Nobel prize in physiology or medicine.
Home values in Maine’s Casco Bay communities have climbed steeply over the past five years.
The Maine Marathon returns to Portland this fall, with organizers marking the race’s 35th edition — one of the longest-running marathon events in New England.
The University of Maine field hockey team kept it close on the road Sunday afternoon, but ultimately fell short to the Towson Tigers 1-0.
Maine could be in for a rough start to the fall season as a developing nor’easter moves north along the East Coast later this week.
