The event includes a 1/3-mile swim, a 15-mile bike ride and a 3-mile run.The triathlon is being held at Southern Maine Community College. The opening ceremony started at 7:30 a.m. and the first wave of swimmers hit the water shortly after 8 a.

Republican Maine Sen. Susan Collins’ approval rating has fallen amid a tense summer session where she repeatedly broke away from her party and President Donald Trump on multiple crucial votes. The results were released by Morning Consult as a part of its quarterly poll of senators’ approval ratings,

A new welcome center at the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine tells the story of the land from the perspective of its original inhabitants — the Native Americans who comprise the Wabanaki Confederacy.

Two shark sightings have caused officials to issue a warning covering part of an island in southern Maine. The Harpswell Marine Resources & Harbor Management said in a July 16 Facebook post that the great white shark sightings over 48 hours east of Bailey Island caused the agency to implement shark notification flags at Cedar Beach.

The outside world saw a Wells High School honor roll student, a two-time wrestling state champion and a young man with a promising future. Inside, Sevigney was hurting, his mind and body torn apart by a drug and alcohol addiction that threatened to take his life.

When Lawrence and Penny Higgins of Fairfield, Maine, learned in 2020 that high levels of toxic chemicals called PFAS tainted their home’s well water, they wondered how their health might suffer. They’d been drinking the water for decades, giving it to their pets and farm animals, and using it to irrigate their vegetable garden and fruit trees.

Low pressure crosses New England today with showers and storms in northern Maine moving southward into the afternoon. A squall line of dangerously strong thunderstorms will strengthen in the capital region and move toward the coast during the afternoon.

Islands with year-round residents need emergency responders, gas station attendants, postal workers, store clerks and teachers. When there's nowhere for vital workers to live, they turn elsewhere. It's eroding a storied way of life.