The 28% decline in visitors so far this year has outpaced preseason forecasts.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State
The push to defund Planned Parenthood hit other clinics in Maine. Now their group is suing.
Planned Parenthood isn’t the only abortion provider that stands to lose Medicaid payments under a budget plan signed by President Donald Trump.
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Posted inFact Brief, Local & State, News, Politics
Did the Maine Legislature ban small plastic shampoo bottles in hotels? | Fact brief
Lawmakers considered a bill to ban the small plastic bottles found at hotels by 2032 with the intent of reducing plastic waste in tourism-heavy Maine.
Posted inLocal & State
SoPo, Cape Elizabeth Methodist churches unite to form Lighthouse Cooperative Parish
Meet the Rev. Gwyneth Arrison, the newly appointed pastor at Peoples, Thornton Heights and Cape Elizabeth United Methodist churches.
Posted inLocal & State
18th annual Tri for a Cure returns to South Portland area
Residents can expect road closures and traffic delays on Sunday morning.
Posted inLocal & State
Piper Shores executive named board chair of LeadingAge Maine
Leanne Fiet, the chief operating officer and administrator at Piper Shores, will serve for two years.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
On Maine islands, housing shortages threaten community survival
Islands with year-round residents need emergency responders, gas station attendants, postal workers, store clerks and teachers. When there’s nowhere for vital workers to live, they turn elsewhere. It’s eroding a storied way of life.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics, Times Record
Laurel Libby draws impassioned crowd to Topsham event as she weighs run for governor
The Auburn Republican state representative spoke about free speech issues and the controversy surrounding her social media post of a photo of a transgender athlete.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Maine’s voter-approved campaign finance limits deemed unconstitutional
A US District Court judge rules that the referendum, which was passed by nearly 75% of voters in November, runs afoul of the First Amendment.
Posted inLocal & State
What’s up with those new athletic complexes on the Back Cove trail?
Facilities have been reinstalled after a stormwater retention project required them to be razed 4 years ago.