Aug. 22, 1912: During a ceremony dedicating Portland’s new City Hall, built to replace the one that burned in 1908, publishing tycoon and Portland native Cyrus H.K. Curtis, publisher of the Saturday Evening Post magazine, presents the city with a gift – the Kotzschmar organ, one of only two municipal organs in the United States. […]
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Postal service problems emerge as wedge in Maine’s U.S. Senate race
Susan Collins and her primary opponent, Sara Gideon, agree on the need for additional funding for the beleaguered federal agency, but Gideon has sought to highlight the politics involved while Collins has not.
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Maine-made film to benefit mental health nonprofit
BATH — This fall, young Maine filmmakers will produce a full-length film to benefit a local health organization. The film, “Suffocation,” will center on characters that struggle with depression, loss and anxiety. While it will focus on these elements, it will also include a theme of hope. Director and writer Cody Curtis, a Bath resident who […]
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Wilton Planning Board OKs three business applications
The Honey Comb Farm plans to expand medical marijuana growing operation.
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Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell diagnosed with leukemia
The Waterville native and former Senate majority leader is beginning treatment Friday at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
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Obama, in scathing Trump rebuke, warns democracy on the line
The former president warns that American democracy may not survive if President Trump is reelected.
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U.S. to demand restoration of U.N. sanctions against Iran, Trump says
The administration’s insistence on snapping back international sanctions sets the stage for a contentious dispute.
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Trump praises QAnon conspiracists, appreciates support
The president says he hasn’t heard much about the movement except that ‘they like me very much.’
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Trail of bubbles leads scientists to new coronavirus clue
Doctors checking comatose COVID-19 patients for signs of a stroke find instead a hit of how the coronavirus may harm the lungs
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Woods hopes Northern Trust at TPC Boston is start of a busy schedule
Tiger Woods hopes to play in four of five weekends, testing his balky back as he tries to reach the Tour Championship for the first time since he won in 2018.