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Maine’s First-Ever Poutine Festival This Summer in Portland
French fries, cheese curds, and gravy? Sign me up!. This is a first-of-its-kind even in Maine, and long overdue. Poutinefest is coming to Thompson's Point in September, then heading to New Hampshire in October. This festival came to New Hampshire last year, and tickets sold out in an hour!. This...
With rising education costs, many Maine communities are rejecting school budgets
The rising cost of education led a number of Maine communities — including districts in Lewiston, Westbrook, Wales and Oxford Hills — to vote down their local school budgets this week. For Lewiston, the vote represented the second school budget rejection this year. Steve Bailey, the executive director...
South Portland dialysis driver donates a kidney to help a stranger
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — How far would you go to help a total stranger in need?. One Maine woman felt compelled to give a piece of herself to possibly save someone’s life. Christine DeCosta is a driver for ModivCare in South Portland. She brings southern Mainers to non-emergency medical appointments and said she became heartbroken while listening to dialysis patients talk about their long and repeated treatments, or their time waiting on the kidney transplant list.
Maine's newest Market Basket opens in Topsham this Friday
TOPSHAM, Maine — With only a few days away from the grand opening of the Topsham Market Basket, employees are stocking shelves in preparation for the big day. "We had a dozen people today come walking in because they saw the extra people and thought we were open. They could not wait for a Market Basket," Topsham Market Basket Store Director Keith Puscy said.
Portland records 2.4-degree rise since 1970 as U.S. braces for another hot summer
PORTLAND (WGME) --The summer of 2023 was considered to be the hottest summer on record in the United States. Climate Central says that based on Earth's hot temperature streak, summer 2024 is on track to receive temperatures well above normal. The Climate Prediction Center agrees, calling for temperatures to be...
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