Organizers of the Portland Press Herald Toy Fund expect the need for help around the holidays will be significantly greater because of the pandemic.
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Recommendations requested for seamstresses and quilters
DEAR SUN SPOTS: Do you like to sew? I have Halloween costume patterns and others to give away. Call Sylvia at 783-3935 DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m hoping someone can help me find a pattern called the Pumpkin Patch. I believe it was put out by Keepsake Quilting around 1993 or 1994. If someone has it […]
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Drought, high winds put state at high risk of wildfire Tuesday
The National Weather Service issued a fire alert Tuesday but conditions are expected to improve Wednesday as humidity increases.
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Rich Lowry: Jared Kushner was right in Middle East
Over the past several years, a new certainty was added to death and taxes: Jared Kushner would fail in his role as the administration’s Middle East point man. It caused considerable merriment among President Donald Trump’s critics (and even some of his well-wishers) when he put his son-in-law in charge of brokering peace in the […]
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Crazy worms found in Topsham transfer station woodchip pile
Topsham Solid Waste Director Ed Caron said he is composting the woodchips, as recommended by the state, to destroy the invasive worms.
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Lakes regions businesses report solid summers, lodging businesses make some gains
While lodging businesses took hits and had to recover, breweries, farms and bakeries report strong summers heading into the fall.
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Maine CDC reports 44 new cases of coronavirus, no more deaths
New case numbers are rising slightly as outbreaks build in York and Oxford counties.
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Two of 10 quarantined staff at Waterville hospital test positive for COVID-19
The two Northern Light Inland Hospital employees were initially exposed to an infected individual while they were off duty and not on hospital property.
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On this date in Maine history: Sept. 20
Sept. 20, 1883: John Appleton (1804-1891) of Bangor, chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, retires after serving 20 years and 11 months in that role, longer than any other chief justice in Maine history. A New Hampshire native, the Bowdoin College graduate was admitted to the bar in that state, then moved back […]