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We said goodbye to some all-time great Maine high school coaches this year

The 2025-26 school year saw some of the best to ever do it pass away, retire, or leave before they were ready.

Roughly 45% of residents live in a pharmacy desert.

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These 2025-26 standout contests featured extra time, late-game heroics and a little controversy.

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21-year-old Jakub Prokop, of Skowhegan, drowned in the Kennebec River after being thrown from a boat Saturday morning.

The annual review of what is essentially an insurance policy for the sheriff, it turns out, involves more public officials than one might imagine.

Fairs are scheduled this summer in Acton, Hiram, Monmouth, Topsham, Skowhegan, Union and Waterford, among others.

We spotlight more than 15 delicious destinations for some of the state’s best nibbles and sips.

The event draws grain lovers and bread buffs from around the country.

Nothing says rural like an agricultural fair and Maine offers 26 of them, from June to October.

The winners were chosen from more than 1,200 entries nationwide.