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Welcoming vegans at the holiday table, the Maine way
1+ day, 3+ min ago The holidays revolve around food, family and tradition, which can feel complicated when someone at the table is vegan. At its simplest, being vegan means avoiding animal products altogether. That includes not only meat but familiar ingredients like milk, butter,…...
Central Maine Healthcare is the first recovery-friendly hospital system in Maine
1+ day, 5+ min ago Kelsey Sukeforth can't talk about her recovery from alcoholism without mentioning her workplace. Sukeforth, 43, is an executive assistant at Central Maine Healthcare, a hospital system with a flagship hospital based in Lewiston. It's also the only hospital system in Maine…...
ACA enrollment for 2026 declining in Maine, thousands cancel plans
2+ day, 2+ hour ago Maine's Affordable Care Act enrollment for 2026 is down and thousands have dropped their plans, with many saying they couldn't afford the higher monthly premiums. Enrollment had dropped 7% as of Dec. 15, compared to the same time last year, and about 5,500 enrollees…...
Gov. Janet Mills will allow ghost gun regulations to become law in Maine
2+ day, 3+ hour ago Gov. Janet Mills will allow a bill regulating so-called ghost guns to become law without her signature, a spokesperson told the Press Herald on Friday. The bill will require serial numbers on homemade guns, also known as ghost guns, and…...
Flu cases are on the rise this month in Maine
4+ day, 22+ hour ago Influenza cases have been surging in Maine during the past week, according to a Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention report released Tuesday. Cases jumped from 131 in the week ending on Dec. 6 to 320 last week and flu hospitalizations went…...
Holiday sing-alongs, plays, concerts set for central Maine
5+ day, 8+ hour ago Lights Up Production's community theater is scheduled to stage "A Christmas Carol Every Mano Has the Power to Do Good" at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Skowhegan Opera House, 225 Water St., Skowhegan. The play is an adaptation by James Hutchison and…...
Former SpaceX engineer ends longshot bid for US Senate in Maine
6+ day, 10+ hour ago Longshot U.S. Senate candidate Phillip Rench is ending his campaign, citing "an unforeseen personal circumstance," he said Sunday. The political newcomer and former SpaceX engineer was running as an independent to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins. The seat is viewed as…...
Panel of Maine judges weighs whether to reprimand state supreme court justice
6+ day, 13+ hour ago A panel of Maine judges is weighing whether to publicly reprimand a justice from the state's highest court who has been accused of wrongdoing by the state's Committee on Judicial Conduct. Catherine Connors, an associate justice on the Maine Supreme…...
Eight Maine Subway locations reopen
6+ day, 17+ hour ago Eight Subway locations closed last week by state regulators have reopened. MTF Subway franchise owner Michael T. Fay has confirmed that all of his franchise locations in Maine are open for business, following the closure of eight of them last Wednesday....
Start Here: Filling Maine’s worker shortage + Road debate could lead to lawsuit
6+ day, 21+ hour ago Today, Kelley Bouchard reports on a new construction training program that aims to fill Maine's worker shortage. A Hallowell resident must sue the city to prove a road is his private land. And Jay ... Today, Kelley Bouchard reports on a…...