A coalition of lawmakers in Hancock County are working on a slate of bills that could allow Maine towns to band together and ...

Police were involved in standoff Monday in Portage Lake, the northern Maine town said. Maine State Police confirmed they were ...

By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff The man Mainers call when they lose something below the surfaces of frozen ...

PORTAGE LAKE, Maine — A domestic dispute in Portage Lake that escalated into a day-long standoff Monday resulted in the death of a 29-year-old man, a fatally injured police K-9, and a wounded ...

For a lot of Maine, summertime is when tourism booms and people get outside. But for northern and inland Mainers, the winter ...

Want to spend summer by the water but don’t want to fight the crowd for a spot in the sand and sun? Maine’s lake towns offer the perfect summer getaway, with crystal-clear waters and way fewer ...

leaving Maine communities who rely on the dammed lakes for property taxes and recreation revenue in the same tough situation as the Hancock County towns. “I feel like the common sense conclusion ...