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Posted inLocal & State
South Portland beach reopened after ‘unusual substance’ report
Willard Beach was closed to swimming for several hours Saturday, but the floating material was deemed to be from the seafloor and posed no threat.
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Posted inBusiness, Food, Local & State
Celebration of ‘everything tomatoes’ draws hundreds to Buxton farm
The first Snell Family Farm Tomato Festival featured farm stands, vendors and lots of tomato-themed foods.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Maine public schools are starting to provide special education to preschoolers. Demand is high.
As more districts prepare to take over services for 3- to 5-year-olds with disabilities, a pilot program shows positive results and steep challenges ahead.
Posted inLocal & State, Religion and Values
How Maine churches are reckoning with fear of immigration raids
Faith leaders are working to set up protocols for interacting with federal agents and ensuring immigrants know their rights, as well as helping to launch an ICE watch initiative.
Posted inLocal & State, New England, News
Great white sharks head north, following seals and alarming beachgoers
Boaters, beachgoers and fishermen who spend time in the chilly waters of New England and Canada are learning to live with great white sharks
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Thousands of people moved to Maine since the pandemic. The influx isn’t over.
Remote work made it possible for more people to live here. It has helped the state but is straining it, too.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Maine’s Border Patrol agents are using more traffic stops, surveillance to make arrests
With arrests down at the actual northern border, Border Patrol agents are venturing farther into states to help with immigration arrests.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
A look at where traffic stops in Maine have led to Border Patrol arrests
The Press Herald has reviewed nearly two dozen traffic stops where Border Patrol was involved, often because local agencies called them in.
Posted inLocal & State, News
A break in the heat, and rain — a little — is coming to Maine
Portland had recorded less than two-tenths of an inch of rain in all of August as of Friday, according to National Weather Service data.