Jason and Stephanie Strongin of Machiasport have been raising backyard chickens for 50 years. The death of older hens is something they understand and expect, but when three older chickens died within a week and then were followed by a young bird, they grew alarmed.

Flying an American flag half again larger than a football field, on a pole standing taller than the Empire State Building -- that is only part of the vision Morrill Worcester and his family have outlined for their planned $1 billion, 2,500-acre Flagpole of Freedom Park.

The Pembroke Town Hall was packed with an interested if noisy crowd the evening of April 6 when an information meeting was held to discuss the proposed metallic mineral mining ordinance.

It may have been April Fools' Day, but the decision on April 1 by the Maine Veterans' Homes (MVH) board of trustees to reverse their vote to close the Machias and Caribou homes was serious and welcomed by many veterans, their families and supporters of the homes in Washington and Aroostook...