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Auburn’s Salt and Light Community Center holds holiday event in new building

by Libby Kamrowski Kenny December 23, 2025December 22, 2025

Libby Kamrowski Kenny shares photos of the tour she took of the 29 Hampshire St. center.

Life & Culture, Maine

Sun Journal 2025 Photos of the Year

December 23, 2025December 23, 2025

Acclaimed documentary photographer Dorothea Lange once said, “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” That speaks to the core of our job as photojournalists: within the blur of the constant motion of life, we search for moments, stopping time for an instant to reveal some character, beauty or deeper meaning. This collection of images are some moments during 2025 that are worth pausing to contemplate. We hope you appreciate viewing them as much as we enjoyed finding them.

Life & Culture, Maine

Maine Trust for Local News 2025 Photos of the Year

December 23, 2025December 23, 2025

In “On Photography,” a seminal collection of essays by Susan Sontag that examines the impact and meaning of photography, Sontag writes that “to collect photographs is to collect the world.” Gathering this collection of images from all the photographers of the Maine Trust for Local News, our aim is to show you a gallery that reveals glimpses of Maine, our part of the world.

Maine, News

Toy Fund carries on legacy of giving that its founders shaped 76 years ago

by Staff report December 23, 2025December 22, 2025

Matthew Barron and Robert Beith started what would become the Press Herald Toy Fund in the winter of 1949, when — as they are now — times were tough for many Mainers.

News

The Patriots are in the playoffs, but they have injury concerns

by Kyle Hightower December 22, 2025December 22, 2025

New England is banged up after its come-from-behind win over Baltimore.

Business, Food, Life & Culture, Maine, News

They deliver to your door. Here’s what you can do to make it easier and safer this winter.

by Kelley Bouchard December 22, 2025December 22, 2025

Whether you’re expecting a gift from Grandma or a lobster feast from your favorite restaurant, the people making home deliveries could use some consideration during the winter holidays — and always.

Maine, News, The Maine Forecast

Maine’s chances for a white Christmas are looking good, but holiday travel could be snarled

by Morgan Womack December 22, 2025December 22, 2025

A low-pressure system is moving toward the state and should arrive Tuesday, bringing a return to winter weather after a brief respite. Most of Maine can expect a few inches of snow, forecasters say.