Portland Press Herald News Stories

The emergency bill makes it easier for judges to appoint lawyers for people who can't afford one themselves, and it authorizes the state to hire 5 new public defenders.

Flight Deck Brewing is partnering with Bath's Maine Maritime Museum to open a waterfront pizza and beer garden for visitors to enjoy this summer.

The state's higher education leaders say GOP-backed bills to raise endowment taxes would produce negligible benefits while forcing schools to slash financial aid and operating budgets.

I’ve long been fascinated by epic journeys. From Odysseus to Ernest Shackleton, from Vito Corleon to my own great-grandmother — who fled Ukraine in 1899, a 14-year-old stowaway hidden in hay — there’s nothing as compelling then the journey through trials and tribulations to not only find home but oneself in the process. I am […]

Jordan Wood has experience as a congressional staff member and has worked as an advocate for campaign finance reform.

In April 1945, New England’s worst naval disaster of World War II took place just 5 miles off the coast of Cape Elizabeth, when a lone-wolf German U-boat arose from the murky depths of Casco Bay and fired one torpedo. Forty-nine men lost their lives, a great naval manhunt was launched and an enduring controversy […]

The Biergarten will be located in the newly redeveloped Spinning Mill.

If 340B is eliminated or weakened, large pharmaceutical companies will benefit at the expense of health care access across our state.​

The store is opening in the former Maine Street home of Vinylhaven.

President Trump is no friend of the agency.