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High schools Saturday: Gray-New Gloucester boys basketball tops Freeport in opener
High schools Saturday: Gray-New Gloucester boys basketball tops Freeport in opener
Four players score in double figures for the Patriots.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
High schools Saturday: Gray-New Gloucester boys basketball tops Freeport in opener
Meet 25 southern Maine boys basketball players to watch in 2025-26
Meet 25 southern Maine boys basketball players to watch in 2025-26
Class A South players dominate the list.
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December 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Meet 25 southern Maine boys basketball players to watch in 2025-26
Cheverus girls basketball rallies to stun South Portland in opener
Cheverus girls basketball rallies to stun South Portland in opener
The Stags erase a 16-point deficit to take down the Red Riots in a rematch of last year's state championship game.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Cheverus girls basketball rallies to stun South Portland in opener
Maine police union accuses Mills administration of bad-faith bargaining
Maine police union accuses Mills administration of bad-faith bargaining
The filing from the Fraternal Order of Police comes after the largest union for state employees made similar claims in a labor complaint last month.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Maine police union accuses Mills administration of bad-faith bargaining
Judge rejects effort by Maine, DOJ to alter settlement on disabled children’s services
Judge rejects effort by Maine, DOJ to alter settlement on disabled children’s services
U.S. District Judge Stacey Neumann denied the DOJ's decision to change the agreement by removing the requirement for independent oversight.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Judge rejects effort by Maine, DOJ to alter settlement on disabled children’s services
Saco breaks ground on $140 million school project
Saco breaks ground on $140 million school project
The 2 new facilities, approved by voters last year and expected to be completed in time for the 2028-29 school year, will serve students from pre-K to fifth grade.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Saco breaks ground on $140 million school project
High schools Friday: Deering girls basketball opens with win over Portland
High schools Friday: Deering girls basketball opens with win over Portland
Angelina Keo and Blake Gayle lead the Rams to a victory over their city rival.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
High schools Friday: Deering girls basketball opens with win over Portland
Sixth Maine school district added to lawsuit over transgender policies
Sixth Maine school district added to lawsuit over transgender policies
The Maine Human Rights Commission is suing the schools over policies that align with President Donald Trump's executive order regarding transgender students in sports, which the commission says contradicts the Maine Human Rights Act.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Sixth Maine school district added to lawsuit over transgender policies
South Portland may make non-residents pay to park at Willard Beach
South Portland may make non-residents pay to park at Willard Beach
The City Council has created a working group to look into paid parking at the popular beach, with funds going to maintenance and improvements.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
South Portland may make non-residents pay to park at Willard Beach
Judge denies state’s request for 500-foot buffer between anti-abortion protester and Planned Parenthood
Judge denies state’s request for 500-foot buffer between anti-abortion protester and Planned Parenthood
The judge ordered that John Andrade Jr. be barred from amplifying his voice outside the clinic.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Judge denies state’s request for 500-foot buffer between anti-abortion protester and Planned Parenthood
Panel votes to end recommendation that all newborns receive hepatitis B vaccine
Panel votes to end recommendation that all newborns receive hepatitis B vaccine
Medical experts in Maine criticized the move, and the Maine CDC said it would continue to recommend the vaccine be given at birth.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Panel votes to end recommendation that all newborns receive hepatitis B vaccine
Dozens seek safety at Portland’s new warming shelter as temperatures plunge
Dozens seek safety at Portland’s new warming shelter as temperatures plunge
The shelter served 52 people Thursday night as temperatures sank to record lows. But some faced long waits for the shuttle, and others chose to remain outdoors in the cold.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Dozens seek safety at Portland’s new warming shelter as temperatures plunge
Maine set record low temperatures overnight
Maine set record low temperatures overnight
Temperatures dropped near zero — with wind chills in the negatives — Thursday night into Friday morning as the frigid air set in behind an arctic cold front.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Maine set record low temperatures overnight
Maine research lab awarded $30 million federal grant for modeling of human heart
Maine research lab awarded $30 million federal grant for modeling of human heart
The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor is the first research institution in the state to be awarded a grant of this type.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Maine research lab awarded $30 million federal grant for modeling of human heart
Maine large-school boys basketball ready to go back to the future
2025 boys basketball classification: old is new again
Especially at the Class A and B levels, this season's boys hoops configuration is very similar to 10 years ago, and many coaches applaud the changes.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Maine large-school boys basketball ready to go back to the future
How Mainers are cutting costs as prices rise
How Mainers are cutting costs as prices rise
People are clipping coupons, thrifting and buying store-brand items to tighten their budgets as groceries, apparel and transportation have become more expensive.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
How Mainers are cutting costs as prices rise
In Washington County, where ‘bond’ is a bad word, a tax spike is coming
In Washington County, where ‘bond’ is a bad word, a tax spike is coming
Down East taxpayers aren't happy about the county's financial mismanagement, but an $11 million shortfall must be remedied.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In Washington County, where ‘bond’ is a bad word, a tax spike is coming
What happens to Maine research grants canceled by the Trump administration?
A look at Maine's terminated federal research grants
From Bowdoin to the University of Maine, federal grant terminations have impacted research projects tackling geoscience culture to zooplankton health in the Gulf of Maine.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What happens to Maine research grants canceled by the Trump administration?
Man sentenced to life in prison for killing Westbrook couple in front of children
Man sentenced to life in prison for killing Westbrook couple in front of children
Marcel LaGrange, 26, pleaded guilty in September to murder in connection with the deaths of Brittney Cockrell and Michael Hayter.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Man sentenced to life in prison for killing Westbrook couple in front of children
Meet the woman who’s designed every costume in ‘The Nutcracker’ for 35 years
Meet the woman who’s designed every costume in ‘The Nutcracker’ for 35 years
Gail Csoboth, otherwise known as 'Madame,' has taken the Maine State Ballet's annual production to a new level.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Meet the woman who’s designed every costume in ‘The Nutcracker’ for 35 years
Biddeford asks Maine Superior Court to invalidate UNE pier approval
Biddeford asks Maine Superior Court to invalidate UNE pier approval
The city contends that the Saco River Corridor Commission's approval of the controversial project contradicts a 2001 decision that established a vegetative buffer zone where UNE wants to build the pier.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Biddeford asks Maine Superior Court to invalidate UNE pier approval
Meet South Portland’s new mayor
Meet South Portland’s new mayor
Elyse Tipton anticipates the city's comprehensive plan, housing, coastal resilience and the Mahoney City Center will be major issues in her tenure.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Meet South Portland’s new mayor
Maine facing record low temperatures from blast of arctic cold
Maine facing record low temperatures from blast of arctic cold
With wind chills as low as minus 30 possible, warming shelters are opening across the state, and meteorologists are reminding Mainers to dress in layers and stay hydrated.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Maine facing record low temperatures from blast of arctic cold
Unusual oyster farm heist leaves Portland couple reeling
Unusual oyster farm heist leaves Portland couple reeling
The equipment and oysters that went missing from the waters off Falmouth last month are valued at roughly $20,000.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Unusual oyster farm heist leaves Portland couple reeling
Maine girls basketball teams brace for new-look landscape
Maine girls basketball teams brace for new-look landscape
Once again, realignment shakes up the sport, with several programs set to compete in new classes this winter.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Maine girls basketball teams brace for new-look landscape