Portland Press Herald News Stories

Lorenze Labonte is facing charges in the shooting death of Ahmed Sharif in 2023.

I try to get out for a walk — maybe not as frequently as I should — to get a little exercise in and clear the mind a bit. Tedford’s small administrative offices, where I have worked for most of my last 18-plus years at Tedford, are right next door to the jewel of Brunswick, […]

Never forget that autocrats are ultimately failures. When they make mistakes, those mistakes are often enormous. Consider Putin: Faced with an aging and declining population, he got the brilliant idea that the perfect solution was to create a war with a large neighboring country with a similar language and culture, who could have been a […]

Summer in Maine is truly something special. As the days grow longer and the sun sets a little later each evening, communities across our state come alive with music, festivals and local events that celebrate the very best of who we are. From iconic concerts at Thompson’s Point, to Broadway bashes at places like the […]

A bill this session initially sought to decriminalize the possession of 1 ounce or less of psilocybin for people 21 or older.

With community policing front of mind and the current station falling into disrepair, the council votes to endorse the field next to the former Mahoney Middle School for a new station.

Two long-time employees at the district attorney's office in Knox County are suing, saying the county has paid them less to do the same work for more than a decade.

The presumptive top pick in the NBA draft also says it will be surreal to hear his name called.

Whether it's a rustic cabin with no running water or a lake house with Wi-Fi, any camp you enter is bound to have these essential items.

The Cape Community Arena Group received official approval to begin the permitting process for a permanent structure.