Portland Press Herald News Stories

Thornton Academy is this week's biggest riser; Medomak and Marshwood back in the top 10.

Cashman has also been interviewed by NPR and People magazine, among others, since the episode aired.

Gorham Town Council uneventfully passed a combined $82.7 million municipal and school budget.

Plays, musicals and opera are all on the calendar this season.

In central and southern Maine, farmers markets are starting to supply early crops and gather excitement about extending the growing season.

To people of conscience, this is unacceptable.

Sen. Susan Collins is doing what Maine needs right now: standing up for science. In her powerful remarks at a recent Senate hearing on biomedical research, she warned that cutting federal science funding weakens not just our health and economy, but our national security. She’s right and Maine has a lot at stake. Federal agencies […]

It is distressing to me, as a resident who grew up in Portland, to drive to and from my in-town office and encounter the mentally ill and the drug-deranged disturbing our streets every single day. The mentally ill and drug addicted have no right to force the rest of us to live in their mental […]

The kitchen deftly draws out meaty flavors from the cuisine's plant-forward, cucina povera-style dishes.

Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first. One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools […]