Participants get good ‘n’ dirty Sunday during the Muddy Princess 5K Obstacle Mud Run for Women at Hemond’s MX & Offroad Park.
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Posted inMaine, News
Casco man killed in car crash
Robert Stitham, 38, crashed his car into the woods off Poland Spring Road just after 4 p.m. Saturday.
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Posted inMaine, News
Rare tornado watch issued for parts of Maine, but no twisters arrive
Sunday’s severe weather was still the most hazardous forecast Maine has had so far this year, a National Weather Service forecaster said.
Posted inMaine, News
On Peaks Island’s back shore, residents and tourists are divided over rock sculptures
Some visitors and residents of Peaks enjoy making cairns, sculptures made out of stacked rocks. But others think these sculptures taint the view and hurt the environment.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
A judge committed these Maine patients to a hospital. Some say they’re being sent to prison.
Maine has been quietly sending people found not criminally responsible for their crimes to a controversial, for-profit facility in South Carolina where they say they are not getting mental health treatment.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
As seasonal home sales grow in Maine, businesses pop up to watch them
Maine has the highest percentage of second homes in the country, and Portland has been named the nation’s hottest luxury real estate market for almost a year. Entrepreneurs are cashing in on the trend.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Local families say learning goes both ways with student exchange experiences
Stefanie Mahr Damien and her husband, Steve, have hosted two exchange students in their Auburn home since 2018. “We are empty-nesters. My children are now 31 and 34. Steve’s children are twins that are 41. This is our second marriages. So, we affectionately call exchange students ‘our kids’ because we didn’t have kids together,” Stefanie […]
Posted inbPlus, Franklin
Face Time: Farmington woman shares her love of family, education and community in homeschool co-op
Victoria Staples, 31, established Root & Bloom Homeschool Co-op in September 2023 in Farmington to support other families also on a homeschooling journey.
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, News, Schools & Education
Many host families in Maine, but fewer schools for exchange students
While many Mainers are willing to open their homes to students from around the world, there are not as many Maine schools that take in exchange students. “Maine’s a wonderful state with down-to-earth families that are just so kind and generous,” says Raymond resident Kathy Hansen of Greenheart Exchange, one of several national groups that […]
Posted inbPlus, Lewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: The Colisee is haunted and other breaking news
Talk of the town: Given the current situation with manliness, I’ll be Mothman over Butterflyman any day.