Bath Area Family YMCA is more than doubling its child care capacity as child care providers across the state have downsized or closed.
2023
Cumberland council pursues developer’s plan for affordable housing project on Drowne Road
The Town Council voted 5-1 to enter into a preliminary agreement with Westbrook Development Corporation for a three-building complex.
Maine officials accuse IRS of reversing pledge by taxing $450 state energy payments
The state says the IRS backed out of federal tax exemption for payments intended to help 880,000 Mainers cope with high energy costs last winter.
Sports Digest: Maine Celtics guard JD Davison named G League Player of the Week
Davison averaged 27 points, 9.7 assists and 4.3 rebounds to lead Maine to a 2-1 record.
The Conversation: Why university presidents find it hard to punish advocating genocide — college free speech codes are both more and less protective than the First Amendment
THE CONVERSATION — If a student were to walk off the Harvard campus and onto a street in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and argue for the genocide of Jews, the U.S. Constitution would bar prosecuting her for hate speech. If the same student left her perch on the sidewalk and returned to the Harvard […]
Hallowell councilors give initial approval to flavored tobacco ban
A public hearing on the proposal is to be held Jan. 8. Councilors also set June 11 as the date for a special election to fill a vacant City Council seat.
Two men accused of killing Portland fisherman 15 years ago
Shane Hall and Khang Tran have been indicted on murder charges in connection with the stabbing near Kennedy Park in 2008.
New Chebeague Island church leader ‘right person at right time’
Hailing from El Paso, Texas, Victor Diaz has taken a non-traditional path to the ministry.
Israel and U.S. show sharp divisions over mounting casualties and future of war
President Biden offers a harder-than-usual assessment of Israel’s decisions since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas and the moves by the conservative government.
Kaleidoscope Thinking: Light from Wrong
Columnist Natalie Haberman Ladd looks for the light this holiday season.
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