The rail authority is holding two open houses seeking insight from locals on their travel patterns and any ideas they may have for service improvements.
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Eliot Cutler accused of violating probation for 5th time
New court documents allege that the 2-time Maine gubernatorial candidate failed to provide police investigators with correct passwords to his electronic devices, which are subject to searches.
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Missing 24-year-old Winslow man safely located
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife reported Zachary Crothers was located Thursday morning.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture, Maine, News
Author Lily King a finalist for international Women’s Prize for Fiction
King is one of six authors up for the honor, for her book “Heart the Lover.”
Posted inBusiness, Fact Brief, Health, Maine, News
Can data centers contaminate wells and other water sources? | Fact brief
Maine lawmakers have passed a bill that would temporarily bar many new data centers; Gov. Janet Mills has not yet signed it.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Suit against trans sports referendum dealt potential blow by Maine officials
The attorney general’s office says the number of faulty signatures submitted in support of the referendum doesn’t appear to be enough to invalidate it. But questions remain.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Maine congressional candidate backs Katie Porter for California governor amid controversy
Jordan Wood, a Democratic candidate for Congress in Maine’s 2nd District, signed a letter in support of his former boss, who is running for California governor while grappling with a video of her yelling at a staffer.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Life & Culture, Maine
Maine author Elizabeth Strout’s new book is set away, for a change
‘The Things We Never Say’ comes out May 5 and is set in a coastal Massachusetts town. Strout won the Pulitzer Prize for ‘Olive Kitteridge,’ one of her Maine-set novels.
Posted inCommunity, Maine, News
Here’s how Maine is celebrating Earth Day 2026
Communities across Maine are celebrating April 22’s Earth Day throughout the week.
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Ahead of Portland fashion show, breast cancer survivors heal together
‘We kept fixing each other,’ one model said.