Because the town is a taxexempt entity and Brunswick Public Art Group is not, the municipality has agreed to collect and hold money raised to pay for an art installation at Brunswick Station. More...

Bowdoin College has been tabbed “the healthiest school in America” by a health-related website. More...

BOWDOINHAM — Police arrested a Bowdoinham resident late Monday on a charge of aggravated assault after he allegedly tried to strangle his girlfriend. Brian Thomas, 46, was taken to Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset. More...

After a four-hour debate Tuesday, the House of Representatives approved a bill that would pay off Maine’s $484 million debt to the state’s hospitals, agreeing to go along with a Democrat-backed amendment calling for the state to accept fe More...

A 15-year-old girl found dead in a wooded area of Old Town knew the man charged with killing her, her best friend said, contrary to early reports she’d headed outside her Glenburn home to see someone she met online. More...

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s unemployment rate was 6.9 percent in April, falling below 7 percent for the first time since December 2008, according to Maine Department of Labor estimates. More...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Doctors in Poland say they have performed an urgent total face transplant on a 33- year-old man whose face was torn off in an accident which also crushed his jaws. More...

PARIS (AP) — France’s National Assembly is taking up an education reform bill that would allow public universities to hold some courses — like science or economics classes — in English, a plan that has alarmed language purists More...

LONDON (AP) — Britain is proposing to let Afghan interpreters who worked alongside its troops the right to settle in the U.K. in recognition of the risks to their personal safety. More...

In a fitting measure for National Older Americans Month, Vermont Rep. Peter Welch on Wednesday introduced the Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2013. More...

Last week, we looked at some of the ways the middle classes are turning on one another instead of being supportive of their shared struggles. More...

AUGUSTA — FHC, Inc., of Bowdoin was one of seven Maine companies recently honored with the Governor’s Award for Business Excellence at a State House ceremony. More...

WASHINGTON — In late April, Wilbur’s of Maine Chocolate Confections, located in Freeport, participated in the Maine State Chamber of Commerce’s inaugural “Taste of Maine,” a reception on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., More...

CAMDEN — The Maine Women’s Network invites its members, guests, and the public to attend its sixth annual “Celebration of Amazing Women” statewide event on June 5, hosted by Point Lookout Resort in Northport. More...