Every December, thousands of runners gather in a small northern Maine town to run a marathon through the frigid woods. The race started as an unlikely way to stoke the town's economy.

The county plans to align its budget cycle with towns to cut reliance on loans, but the change may not take effect until 2028.

By Kasey Turman, Bangor Daily News Staff Maxfield residents are urging their neighbors to attend the town’s deorganizing vote ...

Editor's Note: Since this story was first published on February 2, the "Day Zero" when Cape Town is set to turn off its water supply has been moved back several times, first to May, and then even ...

A Hancock County grand jury Dec. 4 indicted a Castine man on two counts of dissemination of sexually explicit material and ...