Graham Platner and Susan Collins are spending millions going after one another 5 months before one of the most critical elections in the country.
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Posted inBaseball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Nine baseball players named as finalists for Winkin Award
Hudson Iacuessa of South Portland and Parker Morin of Cony are among the players in the running for the award given to the state’s top senior.
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Posted inMaine, News
Weather service warns Mainers of thunderstorms, flooding and heat
Much of Maine was under some form of weather service advisory heading into the weekend.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Ranked-choice tabulation starts in key Maine primary races
The Maine Department of the Secretary of State began what is expected to be a dayslong process to generate final outcomes in both Maine’s gubernatorial primaries and the Democratic primary in the 2nd District.
Posted inHearts of Pine, News, Sports
For Portland’s soccer pros, their Hearts are with their home teams in the World Cup
Several Hearts of Pine players and coaches will be rooting for their native countries during the World Cup.
Posted inBusiness, Food, News
Stone Fox Creamery opens summer ice cream cart in Portland’s Old Port
The cart opens the Midcoast-based company to a bigger audience.
Posted inCommunity, News
Portland selects ‘First Light Commons’ as name for waterfront park
The committee said the name, which the City Council will vote on, was chosen to honor the historical and cultural significance of Wabanaki and African American communities in the area.
Posted inBusiness, Community, News
Portland Foreside power plant loses first round with PUC
It’s unclear how the ruling, requested by the developers as they seek financing for the next phase of construction, will affect the more than $1 billion development.
Posted inLetters
A dirty move for a dirty fuel | Letter
Three hundred thirty United States coal plants have, thankfully, closed, with more to come. Mainers should celebrate that, as pollution from burning coal has worsened lung diseases here for decades. But using a law called the Defense Production Act, President Trump and his Energy Department have just repurposed the money Congress originally passed to clean […]
Posted inLetters
Republicans cannot judge Platner with straight faces | Letter
I find it all rather disturbing, and at the same time very amusing, that the Republicans are finding fault with Graham Platner concerning trivial misdemeanors when their Republican, our president, is a convicted felon and has been accused of all of the same offenses as Platner. I am having a very hard time understanding how, […]