Portland Press Herald News Stories

The number of stores in the state has been declining since 2018, and after an uptick during the pandemic, sales have slowed as well.

I am writing to express my appreciation that Rep. Laurel Libby is able to vote in the House again. As we have seen, Laurel is a strong advocate for her constituents and Maine people in general. Laurel is transparent with not only her reasons for supporting or denying a bill, but also with the proceedings […]

I want to thank Clare Dalton for authoring the June 19 op-ed on Maine’s Death with Dignity statute (“Amend Maine’s Death with Dignity statute, reduce suffering“). Fifteen years ago, the Portland Press Herald printed an article I wrote asking for the same type of relief for people living in pain with no hope of relief […]

The band Dispatch performs in Portland, a makers market and Wyeth exhibit in Rockland, and the musical 'Tootsie' is in Brunswick.

Resource centers around the state have frozen hiring and are operating understaffed in anticipation of funding shortfalls.

I didn’t realize Millinocket Stream was a potential whitewater destination until a couple of years ago. In 2022, whitewater enthusiast and Millinocket local, Chris Howe, organized a race on the remote stream that begins at the outlet dam on Millinocket Lake and flows for several miles to the Penobscot River in Millinocket. The race required […]

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court halted habeas corpus hearings so it can consider an appeal from the state over the backlog of defendants waiting for public defenders.

Your readers were subject to an opinion piece in the June 22 newspaper that was presumably written by Sen. Trey Stewart and Sarah E. Hunt (“Biden’s signature act fails Maine, feeds China“). I say presumably because it could have easily been written by a few choice prompts in ChatGPT. For instance, if you wrote the […]

I’ve been hearing a lot lately about our “heroic ICE officers” being attacked for simply doing their job. Whether I agree or not that their jobs are worth doing, I strongly disagree that they are heroes. Wouldn’t a hero proudly display their identity? Why would they wear a mask if they are so heroic? Some […]

Susan Collins, a key Republican player in Washington, voted to begin debate on the bill last night, while Senator Angus King voted against advancing the bill.