Portland Press Herald News Stories

Rep. Allison Hepler (D-Woolwich), Rep. Sally Cluchey (D-Bowdoinham) and Gov. Janet Mills welcomed family and friends of the late Judy Kahrl of Arrowsic to the State House recently to honor her work. Kahrl, doctor of philosophy in adult education, was recognized by the entire House of Representatives for founding Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights, an organization […]

The restaurant Maggie Mae's and the Yarmouth Community Food Pantry are creatively combating growing food insecurity in town.

Bath’s iconic shipbuilding past never envisioned the advent of the automobile or the possible enormity of a single shipyard’s workforce whose majority wouldn’t even reside within Bath. That reality has been an endless struggle borne chiefly by Bath residents below Leeman Highway and by BIW’s commuter workforce. Each struggling separately rather than finding a mutual […]

What I love about the YMCA As a mother of a child with special needs, I would like to tell you what I love about the Y. When I adopted my son, I did not have much of a community and certainly not a support system for the challenges that we would face with his […]

As the connotations of driving a Tesla put the cars' owners in a twist, we look at the state's most popular vehicles and why we gravitate toward them.

Any Mainer who has followed the news knows about Gov. Janet Mills’ confrontation with President Donald Trump at a White House event for the National Governors Association on Feb. 21. Trump was angry that Maine hadn’t complied with his executive order that trans student athletes not be allowed to participate in girls athletic events. Mills […]

Of all the civic processes a town undertakes, a revaluation is often the most feared — and the most misunderstood. No community in Maine opts to conduct a revaluation simply because it seems like a fun civic challenge. It’s a requirement under the Maine Constitution, designed to ensure that the property tax burden is distributed […]

DiMauro helps keep the team loose with some light banter, but then dials it in during the game.

The president's approval rating in Maine is weak overall, but Republicans remain nearly universally supportive of his performance in office.

I want to thank Sen. Susan Collins for taking a principled stand and siding with the Trump administration on the issue of Title IX. The ongoing conflict between how the Mills administration and the federal government interpret Title IX must be resolved. I strongly agree with the federal government’s position: biological males should not compete […]