The public hearing is set for Tuesday, March 21, during the Oxford County Commission meeting in Paris.

Inflation, cost of goods and services cited by Town Manager Stacy Carter as major culprit.

Days after a rabid raccoon bit a Bowdoinham woman in her home, animal control received a call around noon on Saturday reporting another raccoon attack.

Unlike other Oath Keepers, they were not charged with seditious conspiracy – the most serious offense prosecutors have levied so far in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Trump's lawyers are asking a state court to throw out its report and all testimony from the inquiry and bar Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from continuing to investigate or prosecute Trump.

The hundreds of arrests that followed the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, not to mention the convictions and long prison sentences, may have dampened the desire for repeat mass unrest and violence.

Federal prosecutors have rested their seditious conspiracy case against former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants charged with plotting to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden.

The study, which used machine-learning tools to identify likely antisemitic tweets, found that the average weekly number of such posts "more than doubled after Musk's acquisition."

Robert Costello's testimony will come two days after Trump said he expected to face criminal charges and urged supporters to protest his possible arrest.

Scientists warn that the world is on the brink of dangerous, irreversible warming in a definitive U.N. climate report and called for more aggressive actions to avert catastrophe.

The House speaker's remarks came after former president Donald Trump told supporters he would be charged in a Manhattan case and to "PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!"

The first Resurgam Festival, hosted by the Maine Academy of Modern Music, was held last year at Thompson's Point.

The Seagulls represent the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing/Governor Baxter School for the Deaf. For the first time in years, the organization fielded a middle school basketball team.

The basketball team from Maine’s school for deaf students returned to action after a six-year hiatus, and their aims were bigger than winning games.

The election became necessary after former State Rep. Clinton Collamore resigned last month following his indictment on multiple charges.

The victim was taken by Lifeflight helicopter to Maine Medical Center in Portland.

At a workshop Sunday at St. Louis Church in Portland, children and adults learned how to design 'pisanki' eggs, a decorating technique from Poland.

Maine is increasing the number of autopsies performed annually, but families say it's still not enough.

New York prosecutors say Katie Montgomery offered FireBunnyUSA advice as it shipped illegal drugs through the postal service.

Performances are set for Thursday and Friday at Riverfront Performing Arts and Events.

In all but nine states, most gun deaths are self-inflicted. The highest proportion is in Maine, where 89% of gun deaths are suicides.

Profenno, 57, began with the company in 1987, and is now its shipping and logistics coordinator.

Fire officials said the heating system was the likely cause of the Sunday morning fire.

Sun Journal photographers choose some of their favorite images from last week.

Roma Lama, who moved to Maine in 1999, says sharing food with others is a big part of her culture.

It's not just how hard it is to find an EV amid pent-up demand; there's also tight financing and a web of complex tax credits.

In fact, the approach in Maine – banning the spread on farmland because of PFAS risks – directly opposes the tack by eco-conscious California. Here's how the science is evolving.

Escaping the Russian invasion, nine families from Ukraine have settled in Auburn, creating a community in a city built by immigrants even as their own future in Maine remains an unknown.

Talk of the Town: Welcome to my world. I've been in disarray since learning that Mr. Rogers never said 'It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood.'

If you do an internet search for trivia events in your area, you will likely be overwhelmed by the listings. 'The big upside of Trivia Night is that it's always a happy event. Everyone is in a good mood and just looking to have a good time.'

Zoned out in the 1950s and 1960s, these hyper-local stores offered walkable, convenient food sources to communities.

The accounts show how easily authoritarian states can exploit social media platforms in an effort to steer domestic discourse.

The Exchange attracts about 50 dancers of all ages from Maine and New England. Story by staff writer Bonnie Washuk/Photos by staff photographer Brianna Soukup

Andreanna Politano pleaded guilty to Social Security fraud and theft of public money in September, after concealing her husband's income and presence in their home for more than a decade.

All 41 articles were passed and eight unopposed candidates running for office were sworn in Saturday morning.

Voters met for 2½ hours Saturday and adopted the $1 million budget.

An estimated 18 million middle-income baby boomers will not have enough to pay for care for moderate to severe needs, according to one analysis.

The findings also show that patients with certain underlying medical conditions have twice the odds as previously healthy people of seeking care for long COVID.

Reopening ends need for 11-mile detour.

Kim and Chris Brawn, with help from their son Carter, have been running Pease Hill Farm, a cut flower farm located in Monmouth, for three years and this is the first year they've tried growing tulips indoors. Last fall they bought and planted 15,000 tulip bulbs. They planted 5,000 in the ground outside and 10,000 were planted, 66 to a plastic crate, in potting soil to be forced to bloom over the winter.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is thought to be eyeing charges in an investigation involving hush money payments to women who alleged sexual encounters with the former president.

Ron Smith of RHR & Company delivers a positive fiscal message on most of Oxford's operating departments.

'The Midcoast' author Adam White, who grew up in Damariscotta, said the series is being developed for the streaming service but has not gotten final approval.

A hockey fundraiser Friday at The Colisee in Lewiston pitted the Lewiston Fire Department against the Lewiston Police Department. Funds raised benefit Topsham Fire and Rescue Deputy Chief Gerry Pineau who was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer. 

Only Vermont had a steeper increase in cases of babesiosis from 2011 to 2019, according to a new study published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The council is expected to vote to approve the application immediately following the public hearing during Monday's council meeting.