Jim Leonard

Axe Women Loggers of Maine team member Ashley Severy, of Durham, competes in a sawing event. Severy has been competing in women’s timber sports since 2013.

‘The seasonal and cultural panoply remind me why I love living here.’

With the town running out of time to approve it, the final draft is not without controversy.

Fire Marshal's Office joins State Police in investigation.

Veteran Midcoast educators are switching roles. RSU 20 Superintendent Chris Downing, who has led the district for the last decade, will step down at the end of this school year.

Senior Quinn Landis, left, and sophomore Karl Johnson test water from an aquaponics tank for nitrates, pH balance and more at the Belfast Community Outreach Program in Education facility Jan. 9. Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture, or fish farming, with hydroponics, the practice of growing plants in water without soil. Quinn, Karl and their fellow students in BCOPE, the alternative program for Belfast Area High School, are working on the 4-H project under the guidance of their teacher, Lindsey Schortz, with help from UMaine Cooperative Extension.

NORTHPORT — A 31-year-old Spruce Head man suffered life-threatening injuries Wednesday morning, Jan. 15 when his car veered into an oncoming lane and collided head-on with a tractor trailer.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

This 'winter wellness experience' is co-sponsored by Belfast Parks and Recreation.

The company has abandoned its Belfast land-based fish farm project and will sell its property, which opponents have moved to attach against pending damages.