Portland Press Herald News Stories

The Legislature continued 2 key exemptions on the containers until July 2027.

As federal cuts slash funding for staff and stewardship, homes to some of our state’s most iconic plants and animals are under threat.

Business closures, addiction and homelessness have this once thriving corridor in downtown Portland at a tipping point.

Right on time, Maine's newest national monument celebrates the work of one heroic American woman — and the beautiful home and grounds that supported it.

Portland has sent out new property valuations for homeowners after a monthslong reassessment process. The assessed value of your property will impact how much you pay in taxes next year.

This is the second revaluation of homes in the city since 2021, when the Portland City Council voted to mandate a reassessment of property values every 5 years.

Investigators say they used genetic genealogy testing to identify the late Joseph Leo Boudreau as the person who killed an Ayer woman in 1980.

Choose from 20 great places to play 9 or 18 holes featuring food, ice cream, a variety of themes and other amenities.

It is universally acknowledged that the so-called “big, beautiful bill” imposes massive pain on low and middle income people, while transferring billions to the most wealthy. It will be particularly painful for rural states such as our own. Less visible are two small, ugly, and radically anti-democratic provisions buried in the bill: one restricts federal […]

In your May 22 article on the Republican budget bill, which passed the House by one vote, you state that Sen. Susan Collins and other Senate Republicans “have expressed concern about the health care cuts” in the bill. Collins has, for 28 years, been “concerned” about everything. Enough already. According to the Congressional Budget Office, […]