The founder of Burt’s Bees envisioned a tribute to Henry David Thoreau when she began buying thousands of acres of logging company land to donate for what would become the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.

Deven Young is the 17-year-old suspect accused of the murder of Union, ME, paddleboarder Sunshine Stewart. Young is from Frankfort, ME, and is 17-years-old, according to WMTW-TV. Stewart was found deceased at Crawford Pond on July 2,

There were two documented sightings of great white sharks off the coast of Bailey Island, the site of Maine's first fatal shark attack.

When Lawrence and Penny Higgins of Fairfield, Maine, learned in 2020 that high levels of toxic chemicals called PFAS tainted their home’s well water, they wondered how their health might suffer. They’d been drinking the water for decades, giving it to their pets and farm animals, and using it to irrigate their vegetable garden and fruit trees.

As the court process moves forward, it's unclear whether the Attorney General's Office will request that Deven Young be tried as an adult.

Two shark sightings have caused officials to issue a warning covering part of an island in southern Maine. The Harpswell Marine Resources & Harbor Management said in a July 16 Facebook post that the great white shark sightings over 48 hours east of Bailey Island caused the agency to implement shark notification flags at Cedar Beach.

Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins’ approval rating has fallen amid a tense summer session where she repeatedly broke away from her party and President Donald Trump on multiple crucial votes. The results were released by Morning Consult as a part of its quarterly poll of senators’ approval ratings,

The Harpswell Fire Department and U.S. Coast Guard are responding to a boat explosion in the area of Eagle Island and Upper Flag Island in Casco Bay.