Leaders of the nonprofit that owns most of Maine’s daily newspapers said the hires will build on efforts to modernize the state’s news landscape.
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Schooner Landing in Damariscotta opens in a food trailer, for now
The locally loved restaurant burned down last September. Over the July 4 weekend, it reopened in temporary quarters while it waits for the restaurant to be rebuilt.
Lewiston Auburn chamber CEO Shanna Cox stepping down next year to run for office
‘I plan to run for elected office. I live in this region and I hope to run for something in the state,’ Cox told the Sun Journal.
Few turn out for public hearing on CMMC’s acquisition
The public has until Aug. 7 to submit written comments on the move by Prime Healthcare Foundation of California to take over the Lewiston hospital.
Will Trump’s planned price hike for Acadia’s foreign visitors hurt Maine tourism?
Details are still sparse on how one of the president’s latest executive orders will impact international tourists’ travel plans.
Lewiston Maineiacs hockey is coming back to The Colisée
The team will play in the National Collegiate Development Conference, a Tier II junior hockey league.
Texas nonprofit again questions use of Lewiston shooting victims fund
A nonprofit born out of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is urging the Maine Attorney General’s Office to revisit how more than $6 million in Lewiston shooting relief donations were distributed.
U.S. Marshals arrest murder suspect in Auburn
Marshals say 31-year-old Ja’bril Roynell Walters was captured at a home in Auburn after searches of other locations in Durham and Lewiston.
New Maine laws will change electricity billing, formalize energy goals
Among a slate of energy laws passed this session are ones that will change the state’s contentious net energy billing program and create a new Department of Energy Resources.
Healthy Androscoggin faces funding cuts from ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
The funding cuts come more than six months after the public health organization became independent of Central Maine Healthcare.