We are supposed to hunch, shrug and bear it — but I like winter, watching the days lengthen and the light return. I like the effort. The next phrase to surface was this: “Do you go away?” The word ...

This paper explains that a University of New Hampshire poll weighs heavily in favor of Graham Platner. But more space should have been devoted to the small sample size (462 voters), a fifth of whom ...

Piping plovers are here, American woodcocks arrived earlier than ever, and groundhogs have started to show themselves.

Quality affordable child care is on the minds of young parents, but it should be a concern for all of us. Child care is not just a family issue. It’s an economic issue that affects communities across ...

Too often, political leaders talk about change but fail to deliver it. Marpheen Chann is different. As a former Portland City Council member, I’ve had the pleasure of working with Marpheen. He’s the ...

In addition to the aforementioned killing of hundreds of little girls (which at least could be an accident due to faulty ...

The Bobcats can't recover from an opening 25-3 run by the undefeated Royals in the third round of the NCAA Division III ...

We just need to grow our way out of it.” More housing. More valuation. More development. More revenue. That thinking is exactly what got many towns into the position they’re in now. Lisbon is feeling ...

The group of locals opposing the construction of Belfort Landing, a 50-unit housing project, have taken a narrow view of ...

At a recent South Portland City Council meeting, a private developer presented a project he called “workforce/market-rate housing.” During public comment, a resident called this description an ...

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Historically, Portland’s harbor was a bustling international port, linking the city to the Caribbean, Europe, Africa and the ...