5+ hour, 27+ min ago   (239+ words) Bangor Daily News Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to [email protected] I have lived in three houses in my 81 years, all within three blocks in Belfast. Currently, my lovely wife and…...

19+ hour, 9+ min ago   (712+ words) You can’t quite see Canada from the Fort Fairfield Blockhouse, but its presence looms. The international border is some 3.5 miles — 5.6 kilometers — east up the Aroostook River from the reconstructed war fort. Of course, when it was originally built in 1839, it…...

21+ hour, 15+ min ago   (879+ words) NORWAY — At the Norway Maine Arts Festival on Saturday, a busy auction booth harbored treasures abound. Worn vintage rugs, mismatched furniture, a case of books exclusively about golf and a pair of silky red dancing shoes awaited admirers. But there…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (712+ words) The days are getting shorter and the air is getting colder, but there are still a handful of classic waterfront camps on the market. Maine’s real estate market tends to be busiest throughout the warmer months, but things remain active…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (567+ words) This story was originally published in September 2022. Our original plan to complete a four-day sea kayak excursion along the Bold Coast in eastern Maine was aborted after the first day due to foggy weather and turbulent seas. Six Penobscot Paddle…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1106+ words) When Jedediah Talbot started his business as a professional trail builder in Maine in 2004, he had a hard time finding work in the state. For five years, he mostly got jobs in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. “It was an uphill…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (291+ words) Maine saw home sales fall in August after one of the best Julys in recent memory. Buyers closed deals on 1,542 homes last month, down 10.1% from 1,715 in August 2025, according to the Maine Association of Realtors. Meanwhile, the median sales price for…...

4+ day, 1+ min ago   (581+ words) HousingThis section of the BDN aims to help readers understand Maine’s housing crisis, the volatile real estate market and the public policy behind them. Read more Housing coverage here. What was once the Buck’s Harbor Inn in Brooksville has been…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (177+ words) Gray Cox teaches philosophy, peace studies and AI at College of the Atlantic and is author of “Smarter Planet or Wiser Earth? Dialogue and Collaboration in the Era of Artificial Intelligence.” I had the opportunity to talk about AI with…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (527+ words) Madawaska town officials will address funding for the town’s recent NoMa Summerfest — an event they projected would cost nearly $90,000 and pledged to fund without tax dollars — during an upcoming Select Board meeting next week. Forget the talking points. We go…...