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Deep Water: ‘cat and mouse’ by Grace Sleeman

June 26, 2025June 26, 2025

Maine poems edited and introduced by Megan Grumbling.

Biddeford rapper Assasi blends story and song to tell tales of his Syrian home

by Megan Gray June 25, 2025June 25, 2025

The artist will weave stories about Syrian culture with acoustic Middle Eastern music and Arabic hip-hop in a performance raising money to visit his family in Aleppo for the first time in 13 years.

Arts & Entertainment, Business, Local & State, News

Portland City Council will revisit concert venue moratorium

by Brianna Earle June 25, 2025June 26, 2025

The council’s Sustainability and Transportation committee last week recommended adopting a moratorium to delay a proposed music hall downtown, but the full council still has to vote.

Business, Health, Local & State

Maine’s hospitals say they’re under threat by proposed Medicaid cuts

by Joe Lawlor and Hannah Kaufman June 23, 2025June 24, 2025

Sen. Susan Collins, a key vote, has not indicated whether she will vote in favor of President Trump’s budget bill.

Health, Local & State, News

Portland voters may soon determine fate of huge coal pile along waterfront

by Jenene Grover June 23, 2025June 23, 2025

A petition that looks likely to land on the November ballot would seek to cover and eventually remove the 45,000-ton heap, which has concerned some neighbors for years.