Emily Burnham

Turns out, people really love “shopping” at the dump. We got lots of responses to our query asking folks what's the coolest or most useful thing they've found at a town dump or transfer station.

The area adjacent to the Rangeley Road entrance to the University of Maine campus, off Park Street in Orono, is an empty field now.

Many Maine municipalities value the importance of green space and community gathering areas that aren't just state and national parks.

The Legacy Sandwich Shop will serve its last sandwich on Sept. 30, after more than 14 years in business, according to a Facebook post made by owner Diane Bernosky.

Hard Telling Not Knowing each week tries to answer your burning questions about why things are the way they are in Maine — specifically about Maine

Residents of many Maine municipalities have seen their property tax bills increase dramatically over the past few years.

Welcome to the Bangor Daily News news quiz, where each Friday we test how well you paid attention to the news in Maine over the past week.

Ernest Scheyder, who grew up in the Maine towns of Berwick and Willimantic, is one of ten authors whose books were named to the awards' longlist for nonfiction. His book, “

We'll put it out there for all 49 other states to hear: Maine has the weirdest place-name pronunciations in the country.

The only thing that would change would be that the seal will no longer be plopped upon a blue background and flown from flagpoles. For that, we'd use something else — something that, proponents say, would underscore that Maine is different from other states. We're unique, in the way we live our lives, in the things we believe and in the land beneath our feet.