Hannah Pingree has hauled in the most cash among Democrats with $1.4 million, while Jonathan Bush is the leading Republican with $1.3 million raised.
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Mariners reschedule games postponed by strike
The ECHL team announces dates for three postponed games and also changes opponents for two upcoming home games.
Teens arrested after chases in Saco, Auburn, Lewiston
Police said some of the suspects may be linked to a string of vehicle burglaries in the Portland area.
Chad Epperson returning for fifth season as Sea Dogs manager
Chad Epperson leads a coaching staff that includes several holdovers from 2025.
Maine maker of Lincoln Logs is closing its doors
Pride Manufacturing Co., in Burnham, has notified the state it will lay off 115 people when it shuts down in April.
Questioning Graham Platner’s judgment | Letter
There has been massive supportive coverage on Graham Platner running in the Democratic primary for senator in your newspapers. Granted he is young and fresh, at age 41, but forgotten is that he had a Nazi symbol created in a tattoo on his chest when he was age 20 and just had it removed this […]
Portland Back Cove Festival will not take place this year
Organizers of the Back Cove Music & Arts Festival in Payson Park said delays in finalizing a new contract this past fall caused them to ax the 2026 edition.
Maine band Ghost of Paul Revere plans reunion shows
The band will play in September at Live at Madrid’s, which is slated to open in mid-March, and at Thompson’s Point.
Bruins trade forward Jeffrey Viel for draft pick
Boston sends Viel to Anaheim and will receive a fourth-round pick in the upcoming draft.
The time for complaining has passed. The Democrats must act. | Letter
Dozing off, obsessing about yesterday’s slights, real or imagined, making some irrational decisions, insisting on always being right due to unique life experiences, these are all “old” grandfather traits we personally have seen before and laughed off. But never was America’s future as a democracy, or our reliability and respect as a world leader, at […]