Portland Press Herald News Stories

Feb 03 2025 10 ep. 2 mins

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Articles from the Portland Press Herald, the daily newspaper serving the Portland, Maine area

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Looking for books — with a little extra? Here’s what some southern Maine bookstores have to offer

Feb 03 2025 5 mins

The area has a great variety of indie booksellers, in Portland, South Portland, Biddeford, Brunswick and beyond.

Opinion: All this governing by vendetta may not last that long

Feb 03 2025 3 mins

The right combination of factors could help to minimize the damage of President Trump's second term.

Bill would add to hotel sales tax to fund school construction

Feb 02 2025 5 mins

The legislation comes as a group plans to release a report examining possible changes to Maine’s school funding formula.

Letter: Offshore wind development pause is short-sighted

Feb 02 2025 1 mins

On Jan. 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order that halts leases for offshore wind development in federal waters and pauses permits, loans and approvals for those projects. One justification was to provide time to examine the impact on wildlife, including marine animals such as whales. While whale populations are threatened, the National Oceanic […]

Letter: Susan Collins impresses this lifelong Democrat

Kudos to Sen. Collins for standing up and doing the right thing by voting against Pete Hegseth. Please know that this does not go unnoticed. I am a lifelong Democrat and have been an elected party official, but if Collins keeps this record going forward, I will not only repaint my 4-foot-by-8-foot Kamala Harris sign […]

Letter: Health info blackout is misguided and dangerous

Feb 03 2025 1 mins

Egg prices are expected to go up 20-25% in 2025. What makes eggs different from any other inflationary food item is avian flu. When it is detected, flocks must be destroyed. The supply of eggs goes down and their price goes up. That is one reason why the executive order to black out federal health […]

Body of missing scallop fisherman recovered from sunken boat

Feb 03 2025 2 mins

A team of divers traveled to Maine to help remove the body from a boat 160 feet below the surface.

Opinion: Maine’s statute of limitations ruling a cause for great concern

Feb 03 2025 3 mins

Exceptions must be made for organizational cover-ups of abuse and for survivors facing threats of retaliation.

Letter: Republicans need to push back on Trump

Feb 03 2025 1 mins

News flash: Donald Trump is a despicable human being. But we already knew this. His actions in his first week of Trump 2.0 should not be surprising. It is the lack of shock and outrage from his Republican cronies, regarding such actions as his willingness to pardon those convicted of the Jan. 6, 2021, storming […]

Letter: Pardon of Jan. 6 rioters is infuriating

Feb 03 2025 1 mins

Time to up my blood pressure medication.