Franklin News

The revival of a rail line near Ellsworth has nearby firefighters learning what to do in the event of an emergency.

Some folks swear the most horrifying ghost stories originate in Downeast Maine. It's a region rich in both scenic beauty and supernatural lore.

Jason Levesque, candidate in Maine's 2nd Congressional District, challenged Rep.

Scarborough, ME - The Landing at Pine Point, located at 353 Pine Point Road in Scarborough, will host on Friday, October 30 its inaugural "Shipyard Pumpkinhead Bash." The festive, 21+ event will feature music by DJ Greg Powers, who will spin music spanning the decades from 70s classics to today.

Wells High School Principal Jim Daly recently announced that seniors Madeleine Bunker and Luke Darling have been named 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Students.

ROCKPORT : Linda Franklin is the featured artist at the Country Inn on Route 1 through the month of November.

ROCKLAND : FISHER HT Series Snowplow Featured Item at the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce Online and Live Auction The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce is getting ready to run our online and live auction fundraiser.

WARREN : The Knox County Sheriff's Office reported two car crashes around 12:30 p.m. Monday in Warren.

A lot of chipping, grinding, and polishing has been going on at the Science Research Education Center at Schoodic Point.

BAR HARBOR : Harry Stork, 54, of Bar Harbor, was summoned for speeding on July 28.

BAR HARBOR : An unusual situation has arisen for a foreign exchange student who will be attending Mount Desert Island High School for the 2009-2010 school year.

The offshore fishing village of Frenchboro will host the 47th annual Frenchboro Lobster Dinner on Saturday, August 8, 2009.

Maine's heritage on the coast has deep roots in fishing, whether it's for lobsters, or digging for clams, or ground fishing.

About thirty clam harvesters gathered at the Hancock Town Office today. All with a common goal in mind, to create an ordinance among surrounding towns that would make it more difficult for people from other areas to dig their clams.

In most communities along the Maine coast, those working in the ocean or along the shore stick to their own area to fish or to dig.

THOMASTON : Benjamin Franklin, one of the most revered, yet most irreverent, of our Founding Fathers once said, a oeBeer is living proof that God loves us and wants us happy.a On Thursday, July 23 at 7:00pm Montpelier, the General Henry Knox Museum, will finish its summer lecture series at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center with a talk by ...

WALDOBORO : Oil paintings by Eric Michelsen of the Maine coast and Southwest will be on exhibit for the month of July at the Oyster House Studio & Frame Shop, 25 Friendship St.

Every state on the ocean should be required by law to have a honky tonk beach town.

A New York developer who once envisioned 635-foot hotel towers with a 300-foot-high cable car system to whisk people across Portland Harbor now says he wants to build a 30-story tower after he buys the Portland Press Herald's downtown properties.

The story goes that the top of Summit Hill is a breeding ground for bald eagles because they can catch the high winds and hover.