Local store owners say they have already seen new customers coming in to shop for fabric, yarn and other craft supplies.
Portland
Hearts of Pine claim their first USL League One win
Walter Verala scores the game-winner in the 75th minute in front of 5,715 fans at Fitzpatrick Stadium.
Women’s pro-am soccer team becomes more ‘Maine’ in third season
With Maine producing more Division I-caliber players, Maine Footy is trying to build its roster with in-state talent.
Portland Diocese says no to operating St. Dom’s for a ‘bridge year’
Church officials and the board formed to save the school are still negotiating an offer to rent the campus next school year.
At a glance: Portland Hearts of Pine vs. FC Naples
Maine’s pro soccer team is looking for its first USL League One victory.
Hearts of Pine scoring most of their goals in crunch time
Portland has three goals in added time and scored in the 86th minute to earn a tie last Saturday in Omaha.
St. Dom’s board proposes new terms as diocese’s deadline passes
The Saint Dominic Regional High School board had until Wednesday to come up with $3 million for an escrow account to help fund a ‘bridge year’ for the high school.
Former UMaine receiver Montigo Moss looks forward after NFL tryout
A minicamp invitation from the Vikings, the team for which his father starred, was just the first step in trying for a pro football career.
In the push for a statewide school cellphone ban in Maine, local control could stand in the way
Many teachers, parents and school leaders in Maine support bell-to-bell school phone bans, but lawmakers this month scaled back on a bill, citing overreach of local control.
Jack White, Billy Idol, Shania Twain coming to Maine stages this summer
Other pop music or comedy acts coming to the state this summer include Lord Huron, Joan Jett, St. Vincent, Vampire Weekend and John Mulaney