Jay Finegan, who won Tuesday’s House District 102 Republican primary, will once again face off against Rep. Melanie Sachs on Nov. 8.
June 2022
New city crosswalk wishes DiPietro’s in South Portland a felice anniversario
A crosswalk striped with the colors of the Italian flag pays tribute to the Cottage Road market’s 50 years in business.
Portland’s July 4 fireworks will boom, but without musical accompaniment
A city staffing shortage led to the decision to keep the celebration scaled back, meaning the Portland Symphony Orchestra will not perform.
So long, Internet Explorer. The browser retires
The 27-year-old application now joins BlackBerry phones, dial-up modems and Palm Pilots in the dustbin of tech history.
This is how a higher Fed rate could affect your finances
Credit card spending could cost you more.
Voters approve Freeport-area school budget
On Tuesday, Freeport, Durham and Pownal voters approved Regional School Unit 5’s proposed $37.3 million budget for the upcoming school year.
Amid anti-Asian discrimination, ‘Fire Island’ makers found queer joy
Pride Month kicked off this year with the debut of a romantic comedy that already feels like an instant classic. An update of “Pride and Prejudice” set off the coast of New York, “Fire Island” swaps out the courtship games of the 19th-century English gentry for the often just-as-ritualized search for love among gay men […]
Big win in state Senate special election buoys Democrats
But Republicans dismissed the defeat as a ‘low stakes’ race that in no way indicates what will happen in November when both candidates face off again with former Republican Gov. Paul LePage and Democratic Gov. Janet Mills at the top of the ticket.
DaPonte String Quartet rehired, and board members replaced
Attorneys helped the musicians reach an agreement in which the board members who fired the musicians last month have stepped down and been replaced by a new board.
Members of Queen, Police, Rush will honor Taylor Hawkins
The shows will take place Sept. 3 at London’s Wembley Stadium and Sept. 27 at The Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif.