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Posted inCommunity, Gardening, Life & Culture, Maine, News
This South Portland woman has a green thumb – and 200 types of seeds
Isabella Phipps has more than 200 types of seeds. And she’s tried to grow all of them.
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Posted inElections, Maine, News
‘You have my back’: Graham Platner stays the course at Bar Harbor rally
The embattled U.S. Senate candidate spoke to a supportive crowd of hundreds at a Friday night event that also featured other Maine Democrats and U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.
Posted inMaine
7 Lakes Alliance divers train to identify variable leaf milfoil in Oakland lake
Photographer Rich Abrahamson focuses on divers looking for invasive aquatic plants at Messalonskee Lake in Oakland.
Posted inCommunity, News
Randolph fire not considered suspicious, investigators say
The fire marshal’s office believes Wednesday night’s blaze at Coutts Brothers Inc. started in an open-air lean-to.
Posted inCommunity, News
Farmington youth fishing derby brings in children from 8 towns
The Farmington Rotary Club’s annual youth fishing derby drew 24 children to Fish ’N Play, where Cohen Mitchell, of Jay, won the biggest fish prize.
Posted inCommunity, Maine Crime, News
Police cleared in fatal Hartland shooting while executing drug search warrant
The attorney general’s office released its report Friday on the September 2025 shooting death of Isaac Robinson.
Posted inMaine, News, Outdoors
27 piping plover chicks have already hatched in Maine
Here’s how to protect this endangered species while visiting coastal beaches.
Posted inCommunity, News, Schools and Education
Farmington tech school honors students at recognition ceremony
Foster Career & Technical Education Center recognized students June 1 for completing programs and other accomplishments.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Ex-girlfriend at the center of Graham Platner’s latest scandal says she was ‘set up.’ He says she’s a political operative.
Lyndsey Fifield made the most explosive claims about Platner in Thursday’s New York Times story.