Now in its third year, the Cape Elizabeth Community Arena hosts skating lessons, recreational hockey leagues and free open skating sessions.
Daniel Kool
Staff Writer
Daniel Kool is the Portland Press Herald's cost of living reporter, covering wages, bills and the infrastructure that drives them — from roads, to the state's electric grid to the global supply chains connecting Maine and the rest of the world. He joined the Press Herald in 2024 as the night reporter. A graduate of Boston University, he previously covered city news, transportation and higher education for the Boston Globe. His work has also appeared in GBH News, the Boston Globe Magazine and Boston University's student newspaper, where he was the city news editor. A midwestern transplant, Daniel lives in Biddeford, where he plays with keyboards and little noise-making boxes.
Posted inCommunity, Maine, News
As Christmas winds down, Portlanders welcome Hanukkah
Chabad of Maine marks the start of the Jewish festival of lights and the 50th year of public menorah lightings in the U.S.
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Posted inMaine, News
Damariscotta man dead after head-on crash in Bristol
The driver of the other vehicle was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Woman injured in Portland shooting; suspect arrested
Police have charged Ayden Foley Jordan, 21, of Portland, with elevated aggravated assault.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Advocates cheer possible end of genetically modified salmon
After the FDA reassessed its approval of a genetically modified salmon, a company behind the project announced this month that it will cease fish farming.
Posted inMaine, News
Victims of fatal crash in Clifton identified
Two cars collided head on after one crossed the center line Wednesday, the sheriff’s office said. One car rolled and caught fire.
Posted inMaine, News
Portland mourns roughly 50 homeless people who died in 2024
More than 100 people carried electric candles, glowing with orange and white flames, in a vigil for those who died this year in Greater Portland.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Westbrook student accused of making threats taken into protective custody
Police are investigating after several high school students were named in ‘threatening messages written by another student.’
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Man accused of killing Westbrook couple waives right to jury
Marcel LaGrange has entered an insanity plea in the slayings of Brittney Cockrell and Michael Hayter and has asked to be tried by a judge instead of a jury of his peers.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
All 4 members of Maine’s congressional delegation back government funding bill
Maine’s House members noted that the final deal dropped a controversial suspension of the national debt ceiling, which had been backed by President-elect Donald Trump.