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A new tech-heavy lab boosts potato research at UMaine’s Aroostook Farm

The University of Maine at Presque Isle is working hard to protect current potato crops and create more resilient tubers for the future.

A record number of piping plovers are nesting on Maine beaches

Nearly 200 piping plover chicks hatched to a record number of 174 pairs during the 2025 census, and more could hatch through the summer.

You can watch Stephen King’s ‘Christine’ in a Bangor cemetery

King, a longtime Bangor resident, took inspiration from Mount Hope Cemetery.

Bail set for man who held standoff from atop Bangor roof

Stephen Nason was arrested on Wednesday after refusing to come down from the roof of a 14th Street house for seven hours.

Under pressure, House Republicans consider vote on Jeffrey Epstein records

It shows how backlash from the Republican base is putting pressure on the Trump administration and roiling GOP lawmakers.

Teen charged with murder in Maine paddleboarder’s death identified

Deven Young was charged in Knox County Juvenile Court with murder in the death of 48-year-old Sunshine Stewart.

2 rescued after boat capsizes on Hermon Pond

Both the man and boy aboard the boat were wearing lifejackets when they went into the water.

Man claimed he was ‘just joking’ when he allegedly tried to abduct a Maine child

Firmino Figueira, 33, allegedly approached a woman walking her children and he “aggressively” picked up her 3-year-old child.

Mainer dies after crashing into retaining wall

Joshua Crowley, 48, died shortly after he arrived at the hospital.

Congress approves Trump’s $9B cut to public broadcasting and foreign aid

Opponents are concerned about Congress ceding its spending powers to the executive branch.

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