Brooks News

I received word this morning that John Ford Sr., the author of "Suddenly the Cider Didn't Taste So Good," has written another book, and it'll be available later this month.

The city is prepared to file a request to bank about 2 miles of the rail corridor that stretches from Penobscot McCrum to Oak Hill Road, as well as potentially partner with Coastal Mountains Land Trust to launch a fund-raising campaign.

Escorted by his son Jordan, wife Heather and daughter Emma, stand-up comedian and former BDN staffer Chris Quimby left his home in Brooks to pedal to Texas.

"Archetype VI," featuring the work of a number of Midcoast artists, will open Friday, May 10, with a 4 to 8 p.m. reception in a 170-year-old, 19-room house at 119 School St., up the hill beside the library.

Mike Patterson poles a canoe up and over a drop on the Passagassawakeag River during a recent canoe poling clinic.

The Maine House of Representatives voted 113-30 Tuesday to reject a proposal by independent Rep.

Good morning, still no sun. Ha, so it's coffee, my meds and writing. Sorry to bore you, guess I must be bored also.