PORTLAND – James E. “Skip” Neales III, 86, passed away on Sunday May 18, 2025, at Sedgewood Nursing Home in Falmouth.
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Posted inBaseball, Softball, Sports, Varsity Maine
For baseball, softball coaches, managing ace pitchers takes many art forms
Mind games? Playing matchups? Letting ‘em rip? Coaches across the state do all three and more.
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Posted inBoys Hockey, Sports, Varsity Maine
If St. Dom’s closes, a boys hockey tradition is lost
The impending closure of St. Dominic Regional High School would leave an unfillable void in the Maine hockey community.
Posted inCross Country, Sports, Track & Field, Varsity Maine
This Maine runner is a force at 71. His next stop is the Maine Hall of Fame.
Danny Paul is still teaching and coaching at Falmouth High and logging an average of 10 miles a day on his own runs.
Posted inDo This, Life & Culture, Maine, News
2025: Observe Memorial Day with these events across Maine
Several cities and towns will have parades and ceremonies.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Parent, retired music teacher running in Portland school board special election
Absentee voting in the special election for an open at-large seat on Portland’s Board of Education has already begun, and election day is June 10.
Posted inPortland Sea Dogs, Sports
Brothers finally get chance to play together with Sea Dogs
Zach Ehrhard was promoted to Portland this weekend, putting him on the same team as his brother, Drew, for the first time.
Posted inMaine, News
Portland voters could see a $20 minimum wage proposal on the November ballot
The council’s Housing and Economic Development Committee voted Tuesday night to advance a proposal to increase the minimum wage to $20 per hour by 2029. Last summer, the council shot down a nearly identical proposal.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books
Bestsellers: ‘Skin and Bones,’ ‘Abundance’
The week’s top-selling fiction and nonfiction books from Longfellow Books in Portland.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
See the new sculpture coming to City Hall Plaza in Portland
Artist Gillian Christy felt inspired by underwater plant life as she designed this sculpture of winged kelp.