Community News:
Negotiations continue over heating and energy aid for Mainers
While details were not released, another round of relief checks and additional rental assistance are being contemplated, along with direct heating and energy assistance.
Local & State
Judge denies legislators access to child protection files
Members of the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee do not have the right to see confidential files regarding four children who were killed last year, the ruling says.
Business
In Maine and nationwide, Real ID requirement for air travel is delayed – again
Local & State
Portland prepares to implement new rent control ordinance, charter revisions
Cops & Courts
Falmouth man says assailants beat, robbed him during home invasion
The brutal attack began about 3 a.m. Nov. 28, and left the 55-year-old with serious injuries. He wants to know who led the men, in search of cash, to his door.
Feature Obituary
Patrick Metro, 37, always showed up for the people in his life
Metro was dedicated to his work as a recovery coach at Northern Light Mercy Hospital in Portland and in local sober houses.
Editorials
Our View: Why can’t we wrap our heads around public investment in child care?
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Editorials Posted: 4:04 AM
Our View: Why can’t we wrap our heads around public investment in child care?
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Letters Posted: 4:00 AM
Support consumer-owned utility, reject CMP’s bullying
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Letters Posted: 4:00 AM
Raise taxes on wealthy to help those who are hurting
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Columns Posted: 4:00 AM
Commentary: Making the case for a stronger U.S. commitment to human rights
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Cops & Courts Posted: 4:00 AM
Falmouth man says assailants beat, robbed him during home invasion
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Letters Posted: 4:00 AM
Labor Secretary Walsh silent on railroad workers’ right to strike
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Maine Commercial Real Estate Posted: 4:00 AM
Maine Commercial Real Estate Transactions: November 2022
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Community News Posted: 4:00 AM
Briefs
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Toy Fund Posted: 4:00 AM
High costs of food, housing and heat leave no money for gifts
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Maine Voices Posted: 4:00 AM
Maine Voices: Our community radio stations should be treasured
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Letters Posted: 4:00 AM
Time to demand action on behalf of those in need
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Community News Posted: 4:00 AM
Events
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Outdoors
Mainer becomes one of the oldest hikers to complete Pacific Crest Trail
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Lewiston-Auburn
Standout Lewiston graduate, Bowdoin freshman dies from allergic reaction
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Business
In Maine and nationwide, Real ID requirement for air travel is delayed – again
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Business
Looming changes to regulations leave Sanford gravel businesses on shaky ground
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Maine Voices
Maine Voices: Debate over Bowdoin fields, forever chemicals has lost its way
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Local & State
Convicted murderer dies in Maine prison system
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Local & State
Cryptozoology museum leaving Portland in 2025
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Local & State
Flagpole park developers warn that proposed moratorium endangers project
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Schools and Education
Sarah Lentz will replace Emily Figdor to chair Portland school board
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Local & State
RSV may be peaking in Maine, but flu hospitalizations are on the rise
December 4
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Local & State
Former Kennebunk-based school district employee files civil suit claiming sex harassment
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Lewiston-Auburn
Standout Lewiston graduate, Bowdoin freshman dies from allergic reaction
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Schools and Education
Sarah Lentz will replace Emily Figdor to chair Portland school board
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Local & State
South Portland, Westbrook inaugurate city, school leaders
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Local & State
Gov. Mills announces changes in communications office
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The Maine Forecast
Midweek storm will be wet, but not white
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Arts Review
Concert review: ChoralArt covers spectrum of holiday music, from sweet to stirring
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Arts & Entertainment
Theater review: Two actors bring to life a Texas town at Christmastime
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Toy Fund
High costs of food, housing and heat leave no money for gifts
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Local & State
See the latest data: Tracking COVID-19 in Maine
Today's Letters
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Nation & World
Trump’s PAC paying for lawyers of key Mar-a-Lago witnesses
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Arts & Entertainment
Jazzy ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ swings on after 57 years
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Local & State
Poland woman points finger at Maine’s mental health system for not preventing murder
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Sports
Brothers Tyler and Sean Walsh reunited in rivalry while following late father’s path
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Times Record
Morse High School graduate wants to revolutionize timber industry with automated sanding device
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Local & State
Maine’s emergency medical services at ‘breaking point,’ commission says in final report
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Arts & Entertainment
Kirstie Alley, Emmy-winning ‘Cheers’ star, dies at 71
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Nation & World
Remains of soldier who died in WWII POW camp to be reburied in Augusta
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Politics
Supreme Court justices split in clash of religion and gay rights
Editors' Picks
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Schools and Education
Child-care funding cliff nears, putting Maine families and facilities at risk
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Arts & Entertainment
Freeport teenager welding metal sculptures with a message
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Local & State
For one Portland couple, frustration follows as promise of rent assistance falls short
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Falmouth man says assailants beat, robbed him during home invasion
The brutal attack began about 3 a.m. Nov. 28, and left the 55-year-old with serious injuries. He wants to know who led the men, in search of cash, to his door.
In Maine and nationwide, Real ID requirement for air travel is delayed – again
The Department of Homeland Security has pushed back the date for requiring federally approved IDs to May 2025.
What’s at stake as Trump Organization trial deliberations continue
Jurors in the Trump Organization’s criminal tax fraud trial will continue deliberating for a second day on Tuesday.
Bruins lose to Golden Knights in shootout for first home loss
Boston comes back from a three-goal deficit before losing 4-3 to Vegas, which is coached by former Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy.
Lawrence’s Hope Bouchard wins Miss Maine Field Hockey award
The versatile midfielder scored 10 goals and added 32 assists while leading the Bulldogs to the Class B title.
Our View: Why can’t we wrap our heads around public investment in child care?
Unless we can accept that access to child care is infrastructure, the nation’s child care crisis – and its attendant ills – will only worsen.
Tap Lines: These stouts are all about coffee
Pair these three Maine beers with breakfast or dessert.
Watch: Maine Voices Live with the Ballroom Thieves
This virtual conversation with the musicians took place on Tuesday, Nov. 29.
Live Music Lineup: Solstice tunes, Ballroom Thieves and a tribute to Elton John
The Midcoast-based Ballroom Thieves headline the State Theatre in Portland on Friday.
Freeport weighs local heat pump rebates as energy costs rise
A Freeport group is pushing for a rebate program that would incentivize heat pumps, electric vehicles and other environment- or wallet-friendly devices.
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