Regional News:
Deering High principal resigns amid inquiry into enrollment drop
Gregg Palmer has accepted another position and the district plans to launch a search for a new principal in January, the superintendent says.
Local & State
Watch video: Dogs seized from Maine breeder begin transition to new homes
The Animal Refuge League in Westbrook has been caring for 55 of the more than 130 animals seized from a kennel in Solon.
Local & State
Asylum seekers in Maine could face delays as focus of federal resources goes south
A Trump administration directive to divert resources from the Newark and Boston offices to the southern U.S. border means those offices will suspend all new asylum interviews.
Business
Maine regulators finalize reduced Affordable Care Act insurance rates for 2020
Two of Maine's three ACA marketplace insurance providers will lower their average rates for individual insurance plans, while the other will increase its average rates by less than 1 percent.
Cops & Courts
Portland police arrest another suspect in burglary, this time at construction site
Danny Arnold of Portland is charged with burglary, theft and criminal mischief in the break-in at the Portland Company site, police say.
Politics
Buttigieg brings message of hope to supporters at campaign event in Portland
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg lashes out at President Trump, telling a packed house that the darkness emanating from the White House is dividing the nation.
Politics
LePage, Moody and Poliquin gather at Republican forum to boost Trump, bash Mills
A media event in Gorham highlights the president's tax cuts and criticizes Maine's Democratic Gov. Janet Mills.
Business
CMP drops dispute with Portland over streetlights that don’t work
The utility tells state regulators that it will work with the city to repair inoperable streetlights but wants them to revisit the issue of responsibility for future repairs.
Editorials
Our View: Maine organic dairy farms losing out with livestock rule
The U.S. Department of Agriculture should act now to protect the integrity of the certification process.
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Local & State Posted: 1:23 PM
Former MBNA complex in Belfast is going up for auction
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Cops & Courts Posted: 1:06 PM
Former Bangor school official arrested in child porn case
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Nation & World Posted: 12:34 PM
Trump calls the Fed chair an ‘enemy’ after Powell said trade war is ‘turbulent’
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Cops & Courts Posted: 12:03 PM
Police arrest felon who threatened to bring gun to Thomaston Walmart
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Arts & Entertainment Posted: 11:57 AM
Dave Chappelle set to host benefit concert for Ohio shooting
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Cops & Courts Posted: 11:45 AM
Pair wanted in Wisconsin arrested in Wells traffic stop
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Business Posted: 11:04 AM
Federal Reserve chairman: No hint on rates but says Fed will aid economy
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Local & State Posted: 10:47 AM
Complaint filed against Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon over reimbursements
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Business Posted: 10:30 AM
Maine regulators finalize reduced Affordable Care Act insurance rates for 2020
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Politics Posted: 10:20 AM
Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton drops out of presidential race
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Local & State Posted: 9:45 AM
Reports of suspicious package Dixfield town office investigated
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Nation & World Posted: 9:14 AM
David Koch, billionaire industrialist who influenced conservative politics, dies at 79
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Nation & WorldG-7 braces for its next encounter with Trump
Yesterday at 9:33 PM -
FoodSilly’s restaurant, a fixture in Portland’s East End, to close Sept. 1
August 21 -
Local & StateDeveloper sues Portland over 'catastrophic' failure of Midtown mixed-use project
August 20 -
FoodPortland bar Brian Boru announces it will close
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Schools and EducationDeering High principal resigns amid inquiry into enrollment drop
Yesterday at 12:27 PM -
Local & StatePolice never asked landlord who killed 2 teenagers if he had a gun, court records reveal
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Cops & CourtsBreak-in attempt at Maine Historical Society may be key to string of Portland burglaries
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BusinessThe Wrap: Portland to get a new seafood restaurant; a cook gets a promotion
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Local & StatePortland mourns city worker as it investigates how he was killed on the job
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Nation & WorldReal ID, real problems: States, including Maine, cope with changing rules, late rollouts
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Local & StateWGME, other Sinclair stations run stories touting new Trump campaign hat
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Cops & CourtsString of business break-ins goes on, but Portland police say some still aren’t locking up
August 20
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BusinessChina hits U.S. with tariffs on $75 billion worth of goods
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Nation & World
Trump calls the Fed chair an ‘enemy’ after Powell said trade war is ‘turbulent’
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Food
Portland bar Brian Boru announces it will close
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Cops & Courts
Pair wanted in Wisconsin arrested in Wells traffic stop
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FoodCrooked Mile Cafe in Portland finally reopens, 2 years after a car hit it
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Cops & Courts
Police arrest felon who threatened to bring gun to Thomaston Walmart
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Local & State
Complaint filed against Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon over reimbursements
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Politics
Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton drops out of presidential race
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Local & StateTrash truck driver killed in crash in Oxford County
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Nation & WorldFederal judges received a link to an anti-Semitic blog post. It came from the Justice Department.
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Nation & World
David Koch, billionaire industrialist who influenced conservative politics, dies at 79
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Local & State
Former MBNA complex in Belfast is going up for auction
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Out & About
Maine’s required eating list
Roll over lobster, these are the culinary classics that real Mainers love (or love to hate).
MorE NEws
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Nation & World
G-7 braces for its next encounter with Trump
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Nation & WorldIn Maine and nation, swift fallout from quitting federal family planning program
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Nation & WorldFBI takes down Nigerian fraudsters in $46 million case, authorities say
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Local & StateVideo: Floatplane crashes in Rangeley Lake
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Arts & EntertainmentFormer Trump press secretary Sarah Sanders joins Fox News
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Nation & WorldPrison staff members subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein probe
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Arts & EntertainmentFears of bubonic plague curtail upcoming Phish festival
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Cops & CourtsSix charged with stealing over $100,000 from Wilton service station
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Cops & Courts
Former Bangor school official arrested in child porn case
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