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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine, News
Pitbull to play Maine in August
The rapper will perform at Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor, his second Maine show in three years.
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Chellie Pingree visits Minnesota to condemn Trump’s ICE operations
Pingree’s trip comes as Maine prepares for a potential surge in ICE activity.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine, The Bethel Citizen
Brad Wight’s game cooler fills important roll in disappearing niche
From hunters to highway kills, one western Maine man keeps game from going to waste.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Maine’s automotive right to repair law, explained
84% of Mainers supported right to repair in 2023, but implementation has stalled over a series of disputes.
Posted inCommunity, Maine, Schools & Education, The Rangeley Highlander
Historic Rangeley exhibit showcases western Maine’s earliest human history
Historic Rangeley is highlighting the Vail Site exhibit, which documents the earliest known human presence in western Maine nearly 13,000 years ago through rare archaeological artifacts.
Posted inNews
Auburn Community Concert Band seeks new members | Sun Spots
DEAR SUN SPOTS: The next open membership window to join the Auburn Community Concert Band is Jan. 7-21. Membership requirements are owning your own wind instrument, knowing how to read music, and being able to commit to the band’s weekly schedule of Wednesday evening rehearsals and concerts. For the upcoming summer concert season, the band […]
Posted inMaine, News
School bus driver charged with manslaughter in Rockland student’s death
Rockland police arrested Jeffery Colburn, 65, of Camden, on Thursday.
Posted inMaine, News
Susan Collins questions ‘rationale’ for a large-scale ICE operation in Maine
Other members of Maine’s delegation have also reacted to the rumors that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may be sending agents to Lewiston and Portland.
Posted inMaine, News
New St. Dom’s holds open house in Lewiston
The high school will move into the former Peck Building downtown for the 2026-27 school year. Staff photos by Libby Kamrowski Kenny.