April 2026 – Page 30 – The Portland Press Herald

Red Sox fire manager Alex Cora after slow start

by Associated Press April 25, 2026April 25, 2026

Cora, who led Boston to a World Series title in 2018, is let go along with five coaches, including Joe Cronin of Scarborough.

Letters

Ask Maine leaders to oppose cuts to National Park Service | Letter

April 25, 2026April 23, 2026

We are appalled to learn that the Trump administration is proposing a 25% reduction in the National Park Service budget for 2027. The National Park Service is responsible for not only our national parks — America’s best idea — but also for a multitude of national monuments, preserves, reserves, refuges, battlefields, lakeshores, seashores, rivers, trails, […]

Softball, Sports, Varsity Maine

High schools Saturday: Massabesic, Marshwood softball split doubleheader

by Scott Martin April 25, 2026April 27, 2026

Massabesic wins its season opener, but Marshwood/Berwick/Traip takes the second game.

Portland Sea Dogs, Sports

Franklin Arias homers in 9th to lift Sea Dogs

by Staff report April 25, 2026April 25, 2026

Arias hits a pinch-hit home run, his seventh in the last ninth games, and Portland walks off with a win over New Hampshire.

Op-eds, Opinion

Only Bobby Charles can pull Maine back from the abyss | Opinion

by Charles Todorich April 25, 2026April 23, 2026

Not only can the Republican candidate for governor win, he must.

Elections, Maine, News, Politics

Republican candidates for governor rally crowd on final day of state convention

by Rachel Ohm April 25, 2026April 25, 2026

Republicans running for governor focused on cutting taxes and improving affordability, and took plenty of jabs at state Democrats and Gov. Janet Mills.

Letters

Matt Dunlap is a proven, effective public servant | Letter

April 25, 2026April 23, 2026

In Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, we have the opportunity to elect a man who will truly represent us in Washington, D.C. Matt Dunlap has shown himself to be an effective, ethical public servant during his many years as secretary of state, his time spent on Maine’s Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission, from 2013-2015, […]