Portland Press Herald

07/23/2025

Conservation efforts to protect piping plovers on the state's beaches has led to a record year for nesting pairs.

07/23/2025

More than 50 years later, Howard Wright, 96, remembers what it was like to enter and clean up Bug Light after it had been abandoned for decades.

07/23/2025

It was a shortage of quarters for the laundry in 2020 that inspired artist Ana Inciardi to start selling her linocut mini prints through retro vending machines – which accepted quarters – inspired by the temporary tattoo machines she loved as a child in Brooklyn.

Inciardi, known for her $1 mini print vending machines all over the country, has a new collaboration with renowned children's illustrator Richard Scarry.

07/23/2025

On a recent postcard-perfect Maine summer afternoon, Bob Greene spun tales that spanned decades of history. He witnessed and lived the civil rights era, attended Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral, met presidents and sports stars, writes reporter Joe Lawlor.

Greene, a Maine resident, grew up on Munjoy Hill in Portland.

07/23/2025

'Final Frontier' features artist Denis Boudreau as he grapples with haunting memories of war through abstract painting while visually impaired.

The documentary short premiered at the Maine International Film Festival and won the Tourmaline Prize, recognizing it as the best Maine-made film of its length.

'Final Frontier' features artist Denis Boudreau as he grapples with haunting memories of war through abstract painting while visually impaired. The documentary short premiered at the Maine International Film Festival and won an award.

07/23/2025

What happens when juveniles are charged with crimes?

A 17-year-old from Frankfort has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a woman who went missing while paddleboarding in Union.

07/23/2025

From Kennebunkport to Lincolnville, pizza making to cider tasting, kids to grownups to workmates, local cooking classes cover the field.

07/23/2025

Maine voters will weigh in this fall on two hot-button political issues of national prominence — gun safety and increasing voting restrictions.

A majority of contributions have come from out of state for the 2 ballot questions touching on the national hot button issues of gun safety and voter ID.

07/23/2025

Sponsored post: This month, something completely unexpected is happening at Thompson’s Point: an opera that begins with a walk through a labyrinth and a magical portal—and ends in a dance party. Maine-based nonprofit Hogfish presents: SVADBA. Paid for by Hogfish.

Hogfish’s SVADBA is celebratory experience that reimagines the arts at Thompson's Point.

07/23/2025

We asked accountants, tax lawyers and others to tell us how the change will likely affect Maine’s hospitality workers.

Experts weigh in on how this provision of President Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' will work.

07/23/2025

The 156-unit development is thought to be Maine's first large-scale project to take advantage of a landmark law that increases density by allowing accessory dwelling units on single-family lots.

07/23/2025

An Ecuadorian man, living in Massachusetts, was detained in Fort Fairfield last week. His attorneys filed a petition in federal court Monday seeking his release.