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Health, Local & State, News, Schools and Education

UNE launching effort to train medical workers on addiction treatment for rural Mainers

by Sydney Richelieu December 23, 2025December 23, 2025

A 4-year, $1.6 million grant will allow the university to expand programs designed to equip health care providers to respond to the ongoing opioid crisis.

Local & State, News, Things to Do

Waterville’s Quarry Road Trail to open tow rope, get your tickets to Gardiner area shows

by Stacy Blanchet December 23, 2025December 23, 2025

Community Ski Free day is set for Sunday, folks can venture to Portland for a Griffin William Sherry show, and get your tickets for Bailey’s Mistake in Gardiner.

Business, Food & Dining

In one Maine home kitchen, the impact of tariffs is tough to calculate

by Peggy Grodinsky December 23, 2025December 23, 2025

Even the most local or non-adventurous eaters among us probably eat food from overseas. So how are the Trump administration tariffs affecting our grocery bills?

Business, Local & State, News

Lawyers withdraw lawsuit on behalf of Mercer turkey farmer

by Jake Freudberg December 23, 2025December 22, 2025

Scott Greaney said he did not realize he had signed on to be the sole plaintiff in the federal lawsuit targeting the composition of a state board.

Life & Culture, Local & State

Maine Trust for Local News 2025 Photos of the Year

December 23, 2025December 23, 2025

In “On Photography,” a seminal collection of essays by Susan Sontag that examines the impact and meaning of photography, Sontag writes that “to collect photographs is to collect the world.” Gathering this collection of images from all the photographers of the Maine Trust for Local News, our aim is to show you a gallery that reveals glimpses of Maine, our part of the world.

Arts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Local & State, News

Pittsfield ballet students perform ‘The Nutcracker’ at Waterville Opera House

by Anna Chadwick December 23, 2025December 23, 2025

Photojournalist Anna Chadwick captures an intimate look at process of staging the Bossov Ballet Theatre’s annual show.

Local & State

Year in Photos | Revisit the best photojournalism from Maine in 2025

December 23, 2025December 25, 2025

We look back at the best work from our photographers in the last year.

Life & Culture, Local & State

Central Maine 2025 Photos of the Year

December 23, 2025December 26, 2025

Acclaimed documentary photographer Dorothea Lange once said, “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” That speaks to the core of our job as photojournalists: within the blur of the constant motion of life, we search for moments, stopping time for an instant to reveal some character, beauty or deeper meaning. This collection of images are some moments during 2025 that are worth pausing to contemplate. We hope you appreciate viewing them as much as we enjoyed finding them.