There are sing-alongs, dance parties and musical chairs to help you break through a gray time of year.
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Posted inBusiness, Food, Leslie Bridgers, Maine, News
What’s all the fuss over Aldi? I crossed state lines to find out. | Column
As the German grocery chain prepares to open its first Maine store, we’re all wondering: What makes it so popular?
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Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Saint Patrick’s Parade showers Portland in Irish pride
The celebration by the Irish American Club of Maine had green-clad crowds cheering along Commercial Street on Sunday.
Posted inObituaries
Obituary: Dexter J. Kamilewicz
PORTLAND – Dexter J. Kamilewicz, 81, passed away on Feb. 27, 2026 from Alzheimer’s disease. He was born on July 2, …
Posted inBoys Hockey, Sports, Varsity Maine
Jake Skillings of Thornton Academy wins Travis Roy Award
Skillings, who led his team to a second straight Class A championship, is chosen as Maine’s best senior hockey player.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
With friends like these, Riverton doesn’t need enemies | Opinion
The group of locals opposing the construction of Belfort Landing, a 50-unit housing project, have taken a narrow view of community in a neighborhood where it used to flourish.
Posted inLetters
Make the former Portland Renys a grocery store | Letter
The store’s closure has left a yawning, damaging gap downtown.
Posted inLetters
Essential to understand Portland’s history in full | Letter
Historically, Portland’s harbor was a bustling international port, linking the city to the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and the Atlantic Coast. Maine entered the union as a free state, but merchant vessels and consumer demand connected us to a global economy built on enslaved African labor. Yet the same winds that carried this cruel commerce also […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Portland Foreside developers want to build a cogeneration plant. What is it and how would it work?
The plant would be built next to the densely populated Munjoy Hill neighborhood, raising concerns about emissions, exhaust stacks and other environmental impacts.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Mainers split in reaction to messages between immigration agent and local police leaders
Some officials described the messages among a Homeland Security agent and 2 high-level police officials as normal, while others criticized their content and tone.