Maine signs Mitchel Deelstra and gets Shawn Element back from Providence.
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Posted inMaine, News
South Portland may make non-residents pay to park at Willard Beach
The City Council has created a working group to look into paid parking at the popular beach, with funds going to maintenance and improvements.
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Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Saco breaks ground on $140 million school project
The 2 new facilities, approved by voters last year and expected to be completed in time for the 2028-29 school year, will serve students from pre-K to fifth grade.
Posted inMaine
Bridgton prepares for Festival of Lights
The annual holiday event will feature several additions, including a trackless train and a reading of, ‘A Visit from St. Nicholas.’
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The gift of the Toy Fund gets more miraculous each year | Victoria Hugo-Vidal
As a new mom, children are on my mind this season.
Posted inLetters
It cannot be antisemitic to rail against the war on Gaza | Letter
Given the extraordinary intensity and duration of Israel’s campaign in Gaza, it is worth asking whether more is driving this response than the familiar structural explanations: internal political pressures, regional and geopolitical calculations, the asymmetries of modern warfare, and the undeniable brutality of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack. These factors matter. Yet they do […]
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Portland family’s Thanksgiving terror should give us all pause | Opinion
Although immigration policy is complicated, shouldn’t we all agree on what crosses the line?
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Both parties have failed to address the affordability challenge | Jim Fossel
Although playing the political blame game may help win elections, it doesn’t help the American people one bit.
Posted inMaine, News, The Maine Forecast
Frigid cold breaks decades-old records in Portland, Augusta
Temperatures dropped to near zero — with wind chills in the negatives — Thursday night into Friday morning as the chilly air set in behind an arctic cold front.
Posted inLetters
Preserving the Department of Education’s authority is essential | Letter
On Nov. 29, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) turned 50. For half a century, it has guaranteed progress and opportunity for students with disabilities. Yet recent federal actions threaten to unravel those protections. Special education must remain within the Department of Education, not shifted to the Department of Health and Human Services. Learning […]