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Kennebunk’s Spaulding Center announces ‘Positive Living’ award winners
The Spaulding Center for Active Living, in a May 1 news release, announced the winners of the 2025 Model of Positive Living Awards – Traci Anello and Elizabeth “Betty” Coots. Each year the Spaulding Center for Active Living honors two local community members, 50-plus, who live life with vitality and compassion for others. Anello and […]
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Helping others while building a life you love
Faith holds a bachelor’s degree in special education. After having kids of her own, she wanted a part-time position that would let her use her skills and experience.
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From Augusta: Keeping our commitment to Mainers
Last month, the Maine Legislature passed a two-year continuing services budget designed to provide critical, baseline funding for initiatives throughout the state. In this divisive political climate, this measure is a way for state lawmakers to provide the predictability and stability that Mainers have so clearly asked for. There has been a lot of discussion […]
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Maine’s chickadee license plates will start disappearing this week
The new license plates inspired by the 1901 Maine flag are being made in Canada.
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It’s pupping season for Maine’s grey and harbor seals
It is officially May! Many May traditions center around flowers — May poles decorated with them and bulbs planted in the fall starting to pop open with new petals. This is a time of emergence of many types of animal life as well — both on land and in the sea. On a recent visit […]
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Bestsellers: ‘Great Big Beautiful Life,’ ‘The Book of Alchemy’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
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Why men should support Maine’s trans youth in sports | Opinion
If you’re struggling to see why this issue should be important to you, take a moment to reflect on your own experiences.
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Birthing unit closures a terrible omen for Maine hospitals | Douglas Rooks
This is what can happen when profit comes before people.
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Society Notebook: Make It Happen hits its sweet spot with storytelling social
The latest fundraiser for Make It Happen, Portland Public Schools’ college readiness program for multilingual students, was perfectly aligned with the way the program celebrates diversity while promoting English literacy. More than two dozen students spoke from their hearts at “Sips, Sweets, and Stories” April 16 at Ocean Gateway. “Make It Happen gives me and […]