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Immigrant owners are preserving Maine’s variety stores and markets
09/02/2025

Immigrant owners are preserving Maine’s variety stores and markets

New Mainers are buying and operating village markets and variety stores across the state, often in rural areas where they are preserving the only retail access to gas, groceries and other necessities for miles around.

Here are 5 intriguing southern Maine field hockey games this fall
09/01/2025

Here are 5 intriguing southern Maine field hockey games this fall

Several matchups between likely regional and state title contenders are on this year's docket.

Meet 25 southern Maine field hockey players to watch in 2025
09/01/2025

Meet 25 southern Maine field hockey players to watch in 2025

Fifteen seniors help make up this list of players who should have productive seasons for championship contenders and playoff hopefuls.

How to see what’s always there in and on Maine land
09/01/2025

How to see what’s always there in and on Maine land

Each summer, when I was a boy, we would drive the long, winding series of state roads to Maine to visit my mother’s parents. Auburn residents, they had a small, uninsulated cottage on Martin’s Point in Friendship. And until my father and my grandmother got on each other’s nerves (usually aroun...

7 Maine events this week include Porchfest, a bee fest and crafts fair
09/01/2025

7 Maine events this week include Porchfest, a bee fest and crafts fair

Also, go see 'When Elvis Met The Beatles' in Ogunquit or Irish dance in Portland.

Maine’s space industry, facing pushback on land, looks to the sea
08/31/2025

Maine’s space industry, facing pushback on land, looks to the sea

The Maine Space Corporation, which lawmakers recently voted to make a nonprofit, is looking into sea-based launch platforms.

Offensive line a focal point for Maine’s NESCAC football teams during preseason
08/30/2025

Offensive line a focal point for Maine’s NESCAC football teams during preseason

Bates, Bowdoin and Colby have spent a lot of time solidifying their offensive lines since opening their training camps last week.

Runners plow through messy conditions at annual Laliberte Invitational
08/29/2025

Runners plow through messy conditions at annual Laliberte Invitational

Levi Riggs of Morse and McKenzie Boyle of Dirigo finish as top runners at annual preseason event.

As international student arrival drops nationally, Maine colleges see little change
08/29/2025

As international student arrival drops nationally, Maine colleges see little change

The number of international students arriving in the U.S. has dropped steeply since last year, some of it attributable to the Trump administration's polices. Most Maine schools, however, haven't seen significant changes.

Fellowship of the Lathe brings woodcraft to downtown Bath
08/28/2025

Fellowship of the Lathe brings woodcraft to downtown Bath

Experienced wood craftsman opens a downtown woodturning shop, making furniture and other crafts.

Steel drums, theater classes and new scholarships at the Chocolate Church Arts Center
08/28/2025

Steel drums, theater classes and new scholarships at the Chocolate Church Arts Center

Before moving to Bath last year, I spent the last 25 years in a rural town. The community had some great traditions around ice fishing, maple syrup and a New Year’s potluck. Bath has its fair share of rad traditions, and correct me if I’m wrong, but Saturday’s Pan Fried Steel concert on the wa...

Damariscotta Historical Society’s annual silent auction opens Sept. 2
08/28/2025

Damariscotta Historical Society’s annual silent auction opens Sept. 2

The Damariscotta Historical Society will hold its annual silent auction event from Sept. 2-12 to raise funds to preserve ancient burial grounds in Damariscotta. The silent auction will open at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Skidompha Library at 184 Main St. with more than 150 items, including an outdoor fire pit...

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