The Fishing Plus Accelerator, launching this fall, will teach financial literacy and business startup skills.
2025
Israeli settlement activity highlights need for two-state solution | Letter
We need to get behind Sen. Angus King and Rep. Chellie Pingree in calling to an end for U.S. support for Israel.
Congress needs to support refugee programs | Letter
In the coming months, Congress will be negotiating FY26 appropriations bills, determining what portion of our tax dollars go to programs for national defense and, what is often mistakenly seen as its antithesis, immigration and humanitarian aid. Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins, as chair of the Appropriations Committee, has made it clear that she will have […]
Maine food businesses and shoppers seeing higher costs as tariffs hit
The hefty tariffs are raising prices on items ranging from cheese to coffee, and businesses are figuring out how to absorb the costs — or pass them on to customers.
Shifting immigration standards breed employer confusion | Opinion
The recent case involving Old Orchard Beach reserve police officer Jon-Luke Evans shows us how regularly changing rules cause trouble.
Obituary: Robert G. Lown
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Robert G. Lown died at the Edgewood Center in Portsmouth, N.H. on Aug. 4, 2025 at the age …
Obituary: Roger Barr
BWESTBROOK – Roger was born March 17, 1944, to Aime and Rosalie Bolvin Barr. He attended Westbrook schools and graduated from …
Death Notice: Robert G. Lown
Lown, Robert G. 94, of Portsmouth, N.H., Aug. 4. Service 11 a.m., Sept. 5, First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Kennebunk. Care …
Death Notice: Roger Barr
Barr, Roger of Westbrook. Visiting, August 21, 5–7 p.m., the Westbrook Chapel of Dolby, Blais & Segee, Westbrook. Mass, …
Trevor Rodgers, Orioles shut down Red Sox
Rodgers allows one run in seven innings and Baltimore hands Boston its second straight loss.