Maine exceeds the national average for the portion of its state budget that relies on federal funding.
2023
Posted inSports
College Football Playoff managers meet to decide on number of bids
The playoffs expand from four to 12 next season and with the Pac-12 changing drastically, it is unclear what conferences will get automatic bids.
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Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
More schools are adopting 4-day weeks. For parents, the challenge is day 5
While surveys show parents approve overall, support wanes among those with younger children.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
David McCallum, star of ‘Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ and ‘NCIS,’ dies at 90
The actor became a teen heartthrob in the hit series ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,’ where he played the good looking, enigmatic and intellectual character Illya Kuryakin.
Posted inNation & World, News
Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5 million to families over 2019 racist attack
Patrick Crusius was 21 when he killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers. There is no indication the now 25-year-old has significant assets.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Biden tells Pacific islands leaders that he hears their warnings about climate and will act
President Biden has put a premium on improving ties in the Pacific amid rising U.S. concern about China’s growing military and economic influence.
Posted inTimes Record
Coastliner excursion train to make another run through Bath, Wiscasset, Newcastle
The debut of the Coastliner’s Brunswick-Rockland weekend service has been delayed as operator Midcoast Railservice works out logistics.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business
Contract deal brings tears of joy to Hollywood writers, and relief to a city scarred by strikes
The Writers Guild of America released an official statement to its members calling the tentative agreement ‘exceptional.’
Posted inSports
MLB roundup: Phillies loaded for another run at World Series
Philadelphia added to a team that won the NL title last season, including reliever Orion Kerkering, who watched as a fan last year.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Play at the Biddeford City Theater explores the nostalgic power of women’s clothing
Actress Mia Foley Perron discusses ‘Love, Loss and What I Wore,”‘which will run from Sept. 29 through Oct. 15.