Some Mainers of color say they’re afraid to leave their homes and worry about their children. One man says he was racially profiled.
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Posted inMaine, News, Real Estate
20-unit housing complex approved for Waterville
The complex will be built on Drummond Avenue, close to the Fairfield town line.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Fairfield death investigation remains ongoing, state police say
Police confirmed they were investigating Tuesday night on the road where a man’s body was found days earlier but declined to say if there was any connection.
Posted inMaine, News
Augusta area frustrated by USPS staffing shortages, spotty mail delivery
The U.S. Postal Service is dealing with massive worker shortages, forcing Mainers to go without mail — including prescriptions, paychecks, bills and other important documents — for days and weeks.
Posted inMaine, News
As ICE keeps people home, leaders in Maine brace for evictions
During a roundtable with several mayors, Gov. Janet Mills also said she is pressing the Trump administration to provide details on whom ICE has arrested and why.
Posted inEvents
2025 Photos of the Year Opening Reception
Meet the Portland Press Herald photographers and reflect on a year in photo at the Portland Public Library on February 6th.
Posted inMaine, News
A pastor searched for a missing congregant. He found a car with the keys on the floor
Evaristo Kalonji, an asylum seeker from Angola who has no criminal record, vanished from South Portland. He turned up in one detention center, then another.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Could ICE be barred from non-public areas in Maine?
The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee is hearing testimony Thursday on Rep. Ellie Sato’s bill to block federal agents from certain places.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Why Republicans walked out on Gov. Janet Mills’ State of the State address
At times, Maine’s two-term governor seemed to be speaking to primary voters as she seeks the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate against progressive firebrand Graham Platner.
Posted inFact Brief, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Does Maine have any private prisons? | Fact brief
Nationwide, 22 states rely solely on publicly operated prisons.