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Business

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

The limited selection of homes on the market last month sold for 25% more than in April 2021.

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

Local & State

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

Local & State

Federal CDC urges resumption of mask-wearing

Outdoors

Winter ticks intensify their assault on moose in northwestern Maine

Local & State

At MaineHealth facility in Portland, people with autism learn life skills

The $14.5 million Glickman Lauder Center, which opened in August 2021, serves 600 to 700 patients, mostly outpatients, but also has a K-12 school.

Local & State

Biddeford approves development agreement for 216-unit apartment complex

Demand for rental units is at an all-time high in Biddeford, where downtown revitalization has sparked new interest in the city.

Editorials

Our View: Pepper-spray device poor choice for Maine group’s innovation honor

Politics Posted: Yesterday at 11:32 PM

Grants for restaurants, small businesses blocked in Senate
Boston Red Sox Posted: Yesterday at 11:14 PM

Story slugs three home runs as Red Sox trounce Mariners
Nation & World Posted: Yesterday at 11:03 PM

Kayakers find an 8,000-year-old human skull in Minnesota River
Business Posted: Yesterday at 10:57 PM

Amazon threatened workers over union vote, labor officials find
Boston Celtics Posted: Yesterday at 10:54 PM

With Smart and Horford back, Celtics rout Heat to tie series
Nation & World Posted: Yesterday at 10:29 PM

U.S. accuses Russia of weaponizing food in Ukraine war
Business Posted: Yesterday at 10:12 PM

Boeing crew capsule launches to space station on test redo
Cops & Courts Posted: Yesterday at 10:09 PM

Police detain Greely student who threatened to shoot 3 students
Lewiston-Auburn Posted: Yesterday at 9:04 PM

Auburn police, public works remove homeless encampments
Nation & World Posted: Yesterday at 8:53 PM

Blowback as Bush, in gaffe, calls Iraq invasion ‘brutal,’ ‘wholly unjustified’
Cops & Courts Posted: Yesterday at 8:51 PM

Russian man sentenced in ‘sham’ marriage to Maine teenager
Varsity Maine Posted: Yesterday at 8:48 PM

Local roundup: Mt. Ararat girls lacrosse edges Oxford Hills

Cops & Courts

Police detain Greely student who threatened to shoot 3 students
Local & State

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

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

Captive medic’s bodycam shows firsthand horror of Mariupol
Local & State

Union man, 18, who died in New Jersey beach sand collapse remembered as ‘tech nut’
Local & State

You can buy a Rockland house for $1 but you have to move it from the property
Local & State

Maine woman’s journey brings her to Romania and in the service of Ukrainian refugees
Cops & Courts

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

Vandals destroy kiosk on scenic overlook in Rangeley

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Politics

Grants for restaurants, small businesses blocked in Senate
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Jan. 6 panel asks Republican lawmaker to testify about Capitol tour he led
Lewiston-Auburn

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Local & State

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Business

Some seasonal businesses are going to extremes to house workers

Local & State

For asylum seekers in a city with a housing crunch, finding apartments is not easy

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.

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.

House passes domestic terrorism bill after Buffalo shooting

Supporters of the bill say it will fill the gaps in intelligence-sharing among the Justice Department, Department of Homeland Security and the FBI.

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.

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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.

Watch the video: Varsity Maine Live with Waynflete’s Cathie and Jess Connors

Travis Lazarczyk, Michael Hoffer and Steve Craig discuss the latest in high school sports. Their guests are Waynflete girls' lacrosse coach Cathie Connors and her daughter, Jess, a senior on the team.