York could soon become a frontrunner in banning all plastic utensils

The town Select Board is scheduled to consider whether to put a proposal to ban all single-use plastic utensils, containers, cups and straws on a November ballot.

Across Maine, sewer rate payers are starting to see increases to cover the cost of the sludge crisis

Cities, towns and sewer districts are now starting to tally up the higher cost of sludge disposal and calculate what ratepayers will pay to cover those costs.

As a Maine distillery grows, so does worry over ‘whiskey fungus’

The black blight is spreading near large distilleries and threatening home values in places such as Kentucky. Now some neighbors of Wiggly Bridge Distillery say the fungus has come to York.

Lawmakers consider commercial EV truck rebate trial

But some lawmakers think the state should use its electric vehicle funding to help low- and middle-income Mainers who are eager to buy electric cars.

New Hampshire man pleads guilty in violent York home invasion

Derek Daprato could face up to 20 years on 2 federal charges related to a home invasion in 2019.

Maine’s deer-harvest hot spot may surprise you

Data show the top communities to bag a white-tailed deer over the past decade are clustered in central and southern Maine – and the No. 1 town outpaces all the others by a country mile.

Maine Voices: Watching the baptism of a beach kid

What a joy it is to witness a happy first foray into the sea.

Latest impact of PFAS contamination: Rising sewer rates

The looming cost to homeowners in public sewer districts is the latest impact of an expanding crisis that has contaminated agricultural fields and drinking wells, closed farms and left some fish and game unsafe to eat.

Catholic youth to score donations during ‘Souper’ Bowl of Caring

Maine education groups rally against challenges to books

The York School Committee is considering whether to grant an appeal from a local resident who asked to have a sex education book removed.