Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat set for southern Maine April 14-16

Sun Journal owner exploring options to sell media holdings or take on a partner

In a memo to employees, Reade Brower said he's begun thinking about what is next for his newspapers, which include 5 dailies in Maine and more than 2 dozen weeklies across the state.

Portland Symphony Orchestra will present the Nat King Cole Songbook

Maine schools to receive $42 million in additional state funding after miscalculation discovered

Many, but not all, districts around the state will receive more funding. The Portland school district, the state's largest, will receive $3.6 million more than it initially expected.

Student injured in Portland school bus crash

Police say the bus was stopped in a left-hand turn lane when it was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer Tuesday morning.

Premature baby weighing just over 1 pound at birth goes home from hospital

The girl was discharged March 14 after being at Barbara Bush Children's Hospital in Portland since her birth last July.

Maine school districts confront COVID-19 funding cliff

Across-the-board expenses are rising just as federal pandemic relief is running out. Educators see a 'perfect storm of financial pressures' that will challenge schools for the next two years.

City plans to reopen Portland Expo as temporary shelter for asylum seekers

Staff plan to open the Expo as a temporary shelter as soon as April 10 and operate it until a private effort to open a new shelter on Blueberry Road is complete.

Wells man becomes 7th Mainer charged in connection with Capitol riot

David Ball could face up to 3 years in prison for his alleged participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection in Washington, D.C.

New homeless services center opens, expanding shelter capacity in Portland

The 208-bed Homeless Services Center in Riverton will replace the city's Oxford Street Shelter and comes as the city is seeing crisis levels of homelessness.