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Rent increases at South Portland apartment complex prompt call for temporary eviction moratorium

City officials are considering the request from lawmakers and community groups and also have planned a workshop on rent stabilization in response to the concerns of tenants at Redbank Village Apartments.

Some Maine businesses are starting down a path to 100% renewable power

Business

April home sales fell 21% in Maine, but prices went through the roof

Local & State

Cumberland, 8 other Maine counties classified as high risk for COVID-19 transmission

Federal health officials are advising residents of Maine and other hard-hit states to step up prevention efforts, including masking when indoors.

Nation & World

Senate passes $40 billion Ukraine aid package

Cops & Courts

Augusta man who was shot last month by guard pleads not guilty to assault on federal official

Editorials

Our View: Gov. Mills should stand up to Maine Republicans’ attacks on vulnerable students

Politics Posted: 12:29 PM

Emails show wife of Supreme Court justice pressed lawmakers to help reverse Trump’s loss
Nation & World Posted: 12:21 PM

G7 countries to provide $19.8 billion in aid to Ukraine
Opinion Posted: 12:17 PM

Maine Observer: Learning from 55 years of Maine gardens
Nation & World Posted: 12:01 PM

Russia will cut off natural gas to Finland
Events Posted: 11:53 AM

Policy Matters: Women and Aging: A crisis unfolds
Sports Posted: 11:45 AM

Naomi Osaka at French Open news conference: ‘I think I’m OK’
Nation & World Posted: 10:04 AM

Monkeypox spreads in Europe, U.S., baffling African scientists
Nation & World Posted: 9:02 AM

Farmer sues Volkswagen over climate change
Nation & World Posted: 8:18 AM

Ukraine says it repels Russian attack as war grinds in east
Nation & World Posted: 7:48 AM

Biden opens Asia trip with global issues and tech on agenda
Maine Voices Posted: 5:00 AM

Maine Voices: Advancing Maine’s role in the life sciences through biomanufacturing
Letters Posted: 4:00 AM

Maine inventor’s car-mounted pepper spray will cause problems, not solve them

Cops & Courts

Police detain Greely student who threatened to shoot 3 students
Business

U.S. may be barreling toward recession in next year, more experts say
Nation & World

Monkeypox spreads in Europe, U.S., baffling African scientists
Nation & World

Russia will cut off natural gas to Finland
Local & State

EPA awards $3.9 million for cleanup, redevelopment of brownfield sites in Greater Portland
Nation & World

Oklahoma approves nation’s most restrictive abortion ban; services to stop
Cops & Courts

Woodstock man charged in Oxford crash that injured Portland couple
Local & State

Maine DOE removes LGBTQ lesson plan at heart of anti-Mills TV ad
Local & State

Biddeford approves development agreement for 216-unit apartment complex

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Some Maine businesses are starting down a path to 100% renewable power

Twenty companies from Biddeford to Brooklin have joined a new statewide business project called On the Pathway to 100% Clean Energy.

Amazon threatened workers over union vote, labor officials find

Amazon is accused of threatening workers with minimum wage pay if they chose the union to represent them.

Jan. 6 panel asks Republican lawmaker to testify about Capitol tour he led

Republicans had previously said there were no groups in the Capitol in the days just prior to the attack, but the committee says its evidence shows otherwise.

Story slugs three home runs as Red Sox trounce Mariners

Trevor Story goes 4 for 4 with seven RBI and five runs scored in a 12-6 victory.

Local roundup: Mt. Ararat girls lacrosse edges Oxford Hills

Madison Kinney scores four goals as Eagles top Vikings.

Maine Observer: Learning from 55 years of Maine gardens

There have been new homes and new crops but some things never change.

The Wrap: Wells food truck park reopens, as does Tandem Coffee’s Anderson Street location

Also, a one-day natural wine festival takes place in Freeport, and the Netflix show 'Somebody Feed Phil' will air an episode shot in Maine.

Policy Matters: Women and Aging: A crisis unfolds

Join moderator Carol Coultas and panelists Jessica Maurer, executive director of the Maine Council on Aging, and Destie Hohman Sprague, executive director of Maine Women’s Lobby, on June 7 as they explore the policies and innovations to help aging Mainers.