City councilors and the mayor suggested an increase of between 3.2% and 7% for the city’s share of taxes in fiscal year 2026.
Daniel Kool
Staff Writer
Daniel Kool is the Portland Press Herald's utilities reporter, covering electricity, gas, broadband - anything you get a bill for. He also covers the impact of tariffs on Maine and picks up the odd business story. He joined the Press Herald in 2024 as the night reporter. A graduate of Boston University, he previously covered city news, transportation and higher education for the Boston Globe. His work has also appeared in GBH News, the Boston Globe Magazine and Boston University's student newspaper, where he was the city news editor. A midwestern transplant, Daniel lives in Biddeford, where he plays with keyboards and little noise-making boxes.
Posted inAnimals, Local & State, News
Maine’s marine resources chief urges boaters to avoid right whales, pauses some enforcement
As dozens of North Atlantic right whales continue to group near Jeffreys Ledge, officials have urged fishermen to remove some nearby fishing gear and said they will not be enforcing state and federal laws mandating the use of two endlines on trap gear.
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WWII veteran and native Mainer celebrates 103rd birthday
Battalion Sgt. Maj. Jim Mardin served in the Army in an anti-aircraft unit, disembarking onto Omaha Beach in Normandy on June 12, 1944.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine Medical Center announces new COO
Matthew Wolden most recently served as the interim chief operating officer at University of California Health system hospitals in San Francisco.
Posted inBusiness, Life & Culture, Local & State, News
On MLK weekend, ski trip offers winter fun, community for Black visitors
Lisa Jones, the owner of Black Travel Maine, hopes the tour welcoming an underrepresented, and perhaps tentative, clientele counters a ‘false narrative’ about the Pine Tree State.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State
Harrison man shot by police in November arrested
Arthur Lefebvre, 57, faces felony-level charges of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon and criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon.
Posted inLocal & State, News
An oceanside Kennebunkport home sells for record $12M in 90 minutes
The home near the Bush family compound was purchased by a ‘Chicago-based industrialist with significant ties to Maine,’ the listing agent says.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Two tractor trailers crash on turnpike in York
One driver was seriously injured and transported to a hospital in New Hampshire.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News
‘Incredibly delicate’: Mainers with Mideast ties holding their breath amid ceasefire negotiations
Those on both sides of the conflict in Gaza described the recently announced ceasefire framework as ‘fragile’ but said they were trying to stay hopeful it could lead to a lasting peace.
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Buxton man arrested after December shooting at Maine Mall
Buxton and South Portland police officers arrested Jonathan Hanson, 21, at a home along Haines Meadow Road Tuesday night.