J.D. Rule

Are Maine's laws that provide a special real estate tax category for tree growth a necessary component that provides jobs, taxable income and economic prosperity? Or are they a "beggar-thy-neighbor" loophole that allows a few landowners to deflect their share of property tax to others?

Responding to what has been termed a perennial issue, the Lubec Board of Selectmen has established a committee to explore the possibility of establishing a local police department within the town.

Operating an effective ambulance service is not an inexpensive undertaking, particularly when that service covers an area with a limited and declining population. It is simple economics: operating costs do not go down when the number of people served declines. The cost per person, in fact,...

Kacen Pedrucci is lucky to be alive. Sometime in mid-May the 15-month-old boy swallowed a coin-like "button battery" and is now being fed through a tube in his throat.

Standing tall and speaking confidently, three representatives of the Lubec Consolidated School seventh-grade class addressed the selectmen's meeting on April 28. Emma Page, Seth Doherty and Robert Wallace presented their proposed town flag...