A Hancock County grand jury convened June 5 and indicted the driver in a fatal crash that occurred in the Washington County ...

Since January of this year, there has been a swift reset in the world’s posture on its energy generation as facts, not emotions, dictate more responsible philosophies.

A threat of a rainy Saturday - the 13th straight weekend that wet weather has been in Maine's forecast - is impacting regional and state championship events throughout ...

The curtain has fallen on the high school baseball and softball regular season throughout the state, with postseason play set ...

June is when we’re most likely to see painted turtles in Maine. These interesting creatures usually live their lives in the slow lane, metaphorically speaking. But in June, many of ...

Bucksport High track and field star Haley Rose, who won three events at the PVC Championship meet, is our Athlete of the Week ...

If you're a Boston Celtics fan - and many of us in these parts are - an Indiana Pacers/Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Finals, which tips off Thursday, probably wouldn't draw ...

Another change print readers may notice is more color. Because of the limitations of our current press, many pages of The American have been printing in black-and-white. The Maine Trust for Local News ...

By the Department of Homeland Security’s assessment, Hancock County is “lawless” and “endangering Americans and our law enforcement in order to protect violent criminal illegal aliens.” That’s accordi ...

Not long after celebrating a $24,000 grant from the Maine Historic Preservation Commission to help develop architectural ...

Efforts to reinvent the Union River Center for Innovation (URCI) recently received a boost from a $3,500 Coworking ...