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Portland City Council raises snow parking ban fee, hotel inclusionary zoning changes

by Grace Benninghoff November 3, 2025November 3, 2025

Fees for those who don’t move their cars during a snow parking ban will more than triple. The hotel inclusionary zoning fee will nearly double.

Elections, Local & State, News, Politics

Platner switches campaign treasurers in latest staffing shakeup

by Rachel Ohm November 3, 2025November 3, 2025

Campaign finance paperwork indicates the U.S. Senate candidate has named a new treasurer, in the latest staffing change to follow a pair of controversies.

Business, Local & State, News, Schools and Education

UNE launches buoy off Camp Ellis to collect local storm and climate data

by Penelope Overton November 3, 2025November 3, 2025

The data will help a coastal Saco neighborhood prone to flooding prepare for a wetter, stormier future.

Business, Local & State, News

Wiscasset loses ARPA funding after data center proposal, confusion

by Daniel Kool November 3, 2025November 3, 2025

The town’s plan to build affordable housing got muddled when a developer expressed interest in building an AI data center at the same site.

Business, Health, Local & State, News

Northern Light Health’s Waterville walk-in clinic to close this month

by Joe Lawlor November 3, 2025November 3, 2025

The clinic was previously set to close at the end of the year, but is closing earlier due to low patient volume.

Local & State, News

Farmington middle school principal’s ICE costume sparks backlash

by Joe Charpentier November 3, 2025November 3, 2025

Some say Mount Blue Middle School Principal James Black’s Halloween costume showed poor judgment. His family says it was a private photo that got blown out of proportion when it was shared online.

Arts & Entertainment, Business, Food, Local & State, News

Wessie’s Den closes in Westbrook

by Tim Cebula November 3, 2025November 3, 2025

The video and pinball arcade/pub launched on Brown Street in early 2022.

Local & State, Nation & World, News, Politics

Susan Collins says Tuesday’s election may be key to ending shutdown

by Randy Billings November 3, 2025November 3, 2025

Maine’s senior senator hopes that a public commitment from the Republican majority leader to hold a vote on health care subsidies will be enough for the parties to reach a deal to reopen the federal government.