The Power of Faith

These people found hope and support — to help themselves and to help others — in their faith. In this Christmas season, we offer their stories.

Your definitive guide to Christmas season arguments

All we want for Christmas is to fight about it online.

The ‘War on Christmas’ dates back to colonial America

In 1647, the Puritans in Boston banned Christmas as a pagan ritual. How’s that for a war on Christmas?

2019 Fall Sports All-Region Honors

Picking sides in the war on Christmas

Depending on your politics, your rallying cry is either “Merry Christmas” or “Happy holidays.”

Suppose they gave a war on Christmas and nobody came

A stolen baby Jesus, three eco-warrior wise men and America’s merriest city seem like minor skirmishes in the culture wars of 2019.

You better not bark. You better not bite. Santa is checking whose pets are naughty or nice

More than ever, Christmas cards include animals. And more than ever, Santas accustomed to soothing crying children must also know how to handle wriggling critters.

Analysis: Jared Golden makes both sides angry by trying to ‘split the baby’ on impeachment vote

The House Democrat faces a dilemma that awaits Susan Collins, his former boss, in the Senate.

Investigators say 73-year-old Rumford woman was likely victim of fatal fire

Jane Bubar was unaccounted for after the three-story apartment building was leveled Monday night.

Snow squalls could follow the latest storm in Maine

Partly sunny skies are in Wednesday’s forecast after a storm dropped several inches of snow around Androscoggin and Oxford counties. But snow squalls are possible later Wednesday — from 3 to 9 p.m. Snow squalls are intense periods of snowfall driven by strong wind gusts, according to the National Weather Service. Although, the duration is […]