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Posted inMaine, News, The Maine Forecast
Spring storm delivers slick roads, crashes, closures in Maine
Fire and police departments across the state report a high number of accidents.
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Posted inDo This
This week, get out to see ‘The Addams Family,’ pay tribute to Pink Floyd and Stevie Wonder
You can also see comic Jonathan Van Ness at the State Theatre.
Posted inDo This
Celebrate spring with outdoor concerts, festivals, flowers and baseball
It’s time for flowers, baseball and whoopie pies — and a bunch of events surrounding them.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Do This
Weakened Friends rips into Natalie Imbruglia’s ’90s hit ‘Torn’
The Portland band has been playing the song live for about a year and decided to record it.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Fossil collection of Portland High alum has new digs at school
The donated collection of over 250 items includes teeth from a prehistoric shark and fossilized dinosaur bones like the horn of a triceratops.
Posted inLetters
Letter: Don’t give Musk a pass on his DOGE role
Joe Lawlor must have drunk the Kool-Aid that Trump has been passing out. In his almost-excellent lead article on Saturday, March 8, “Social Security reverses course, will allow parents to register newborns at hospitals,” Mr. Lawlor describes the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, as being “advised by Elon Musk.” What? While Trump has […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Opinion: This is no time to turn our backs on each other
Politics must not stand in the way of friendship and connection.
Posted inLetters
Letter: Ukraine chose to bite the hand that feeds
The United States has always supported countries at times of war. Ukraine is no exception to this. The Biden administration sent billions of taxpayers’ dollars to fund its efforts and got nothing in return. President Zelensky was disrespectful in the Oval Office, to the president and to the people of the United States. Expecting to […]
Posted inDo This, Food, Life & Culture
Throwback photos: Girl Scout cookie sales of the ’50s and ’60s
With the arrival of spring also comes another ritual of the season: Girl Scout cookie sales. Take a look at some of our photos of Girl Scout cookie sales from the 1950s and ’60s: See more photos of life in Maine from our archives here.