POWNAL A sailboat being demolished with a torch caught fire Tuesday afternoon on Upper Minott Road. More...

PHIPPSBURG An alert neighbor who happens to be a firefighter helped limit the damage to a summer cottage that caught fire Tuesday night on Shore Road. More...

Bath Arrests Kevin Leighton, 47, of Woolwich, May 21, 11:19 p.m., charged on a warrant for unpaid fines on Front Street. More...

BRUNSWICK Cam Glover looked to find room throughout the first half of Wednesday night’s boys high school Eastern Maine Class A lacrosse game against rival Mt. Ararat, either to unleash his hard shot or set up a teammate for an easy goal. More...

LEWISTON It was one of those games the Lewiston High School softball team has waited all season to savor. More...

PORTLAND — Heiker Meneses lined an 0-2 pitch down the left-field line for a walk-off RBI single, giving the Portland Sea Dogs (26-18) a 5-4 Eastern League baseball win over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (23-24) in 10 innings on Wednesday night More...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama today is expected to address some of the thornier aspects of national security policy, including drone strikes, the prison at Guantanamo Bay and the dire threats Americans continue to face — even f More...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell by 23,000 last week, further evidence that the job market is slowly returning to health. More...

The town of Brunswick can hardly be blamed for going to bat for public art. More...

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will become Pakistan's prime minister again after voters in the bloody May 11 parliamentary elections gave his Pakistan Muslim League a surprise landslide victory. More...

To the Editor: Once again, there are those in the Legislature attacking women’s rights, as described by Rep. Jennifer DeChant in a recent guest column (OpEd: “Here we go again defending women’s rights,” May 13, Page A6). More...

To the Editor: How does Topsham attract new businesses to the Topsham Fair Mall while more businesses close at Cook’s Corner? More...

MONROE, Wis. T he sign above the bar in Baumgartner’s Cheese Store and Tavern warns visitors about the perils of sampling the $3.25 house specialty — a slab of Limburger cheese on rye bread slathered with onions and mustard. More...

This week 150 years ago in the Civil War, Ulysses Grant hurled his Union forces at heavily fortified Vicksburg, Miss., in hopes of a swift conquest of the Mississippi River city. More...

NEW YORK There’s no business like small business. More...