Portland Press Herald News Stories

Kroger's proposed $24.6 billion takeover of Albertsons would be the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history.

Officially, all of Maui, except for the burn zone in Lahaina, has been open for business since November 2023. But arrivals in the first half of 2024 were down roughly 25% year over the year according to the state’s Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.

On Sept. 22, 1978, just after noon, eight men of the United States Navy Patrol Squadron VP-8 boarded their Lockheed-built P3-B Orion (designation LC-85) and taxied to the tarmac of the Brunswick Naval Air Station runway and lifted off. Although their intended destination was an air show in Ontario, Canada, neither the plane nor its […]

Several trails at Acadia are closed for parts of each year to protect endangered peregrine falcons, which nest on cliffs.

With a house full of pawed pals, mystery writer David Rosenfelt imagines the best way to spend time in autumn (minus the marathon).

Sullivan shares how, much like the art of basket weaving, weaving together loose threads from history can help us better understand the place we call home.

One of the benefits of being a member of the Penobscot Paddle and Chowder Society is that if you want to organize an impromptu outing, there is usually someone available to join you. That was true when I recently decided to organize a sea kayak trip on Quahog Bay near Cundy’s Harbor. Hot, sunny but […]

In the spring of 1775, the Great Rebellion of New England Colonists against the iron-fist of the mighty British Crown were positioning to fight against tyranny; either liberty or death, as Patrick Henry demanded, would be the outcome. In Brunswick, patriot Samuel Thompson, who was a member of the Colonial Provincial Congress, was appointed to […]

A $20,000 grant from the Onion Foundation will fund two innovative arts programs this summer at the Chocolate Church Arts Center. “This grant is real wind in our sails,” said Matthew Glassman, executive and artistic director of the performing arts center in Bath. “We are excited and grateful. The CCAC is a small organization — […]

The annual meeting and volunteer recognition awards of the Mid Coast Maine Chapter of the American Red Cross took place on May 13 at the Topsham Chapter house on Community Way. The event included a meeting of the Board of Directors, dinner and networking and a volunteer awards ceremony. Among the numerous awards of the […]