4+ week, 5+ hour ago   (205+ words) 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday. Through Sept. 6. Blossom Artslab at Crewe Center for the Arts, 111 Bedford St., Portland, $10-$58. porttix.com. 8 p.m. Friday. Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, 53 Post Rd., Arundel, $20-$25 in advance, $30-$35 at the door. vinhillmusic.com. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday. Lincoln Park, Congress and Pearl Street,…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (858+ words) Last Sunday morning, I boarded a coach bus to Pawtucket, Rhode Island. My fellow passengers and I didn’t have a lot in common. Many were current or former soccer players. Some were moms. One was in her third year of…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1289+ words) CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Mountain biking has been around in Maine for decades, but it’s just now coming of age, as the state becomes a destination for riders from the rest of New England and even Canada. Ryan Dunfee, president of the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (612+ words) Waterville Opera House is set to host The High Kings at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at 1 Common St. in Waterville. The band has consistently brought the timeless tradition of folk music to audiences worldwide, earning it chart-topping success and widespread acclaim. With its…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (913+ words) When Landis Hudson thinks back to what rivers in Maine must have been like 250 years ago, she thinks of bountiful sturgeon, shad, eel,, alewives and other sea-run fish. “What was going on in 1776 in the springtime would have been, for…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (722+ words) Maine voters say the political control of Congress is a top issue as they decide who to vote for this November, according to a new poll from The New York Times, Portland Press Herald and Siena. It is not clear…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1422+ words) A new report of Maine’s housing production shows that the state not only met but surpassed its housing goals last year, an important step in an aggressive attempt to build more than 80,000 new homes by 2030. But a closer look at…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (609+ words) The Maine movie scene is a seesaw of theatrical emotions this week. While PMA Films and Kinonik tag-team a full week of the most intentionally depressing movies of all time, various other Maine movie... You are able to gift 5 more…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (610+ words) FALMOUTH — Chloe Hoffman of Portland put her yellow binoculars to her eyes and beamed. “I can’t believe that flycatcher is still there —” she said, and groaned as the bird took flight. Then, it flitted to a higher branch on a…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (185+ words) While, according to one source, Maine spends $40,000 on welfare per person in poverty, welfare recipients do not receive an average of $40,000 in yearly benefits. At a recent debate, Republican gubernatorial candidate Ben Midgley cited Census Bureau data compiled by the…...