Meg Robbins

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Fourth grade students leaving for middle school in the fall parade through the halls of Saccarappa School in Westbrook before dismissal on the last day of school June 13. (Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer) There were a lot of tears on the last day at Saccarappa School in Westbrook. And a lot of bubbles, too.

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The Time & Temperature building on Congress Street in downtown Portland in July 2023. MaineHousing has awarded Developers Collaborative $2.6 million to build 41 units of affordable housing for older adults in the building’s annex. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer MaineHousing on Tuesday announced 129 new affordable units headed for Lewiston and Portland, but it’s the last new housing the agency will be able to finance without more money from the state Legislature.

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Maine Gov. Janet Mills, photographed during an interview in April, met Monday with other New England governors and several Canadian premiers at the Massachsuetts State House. (Joe Phelan/Staff Photographer) Gov. Janet Mills joined a handful of Northeast governors and Canadian premiers in Boston, where they emphasized the regions’ economic and cultural ties but did not offer concrete steps to combat the impacts of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and aggressive rhetoric.

1 week ago | pressherald.com | Meg Robbins

The Maine Trust for Local News has hired new full-time reporters and reshuffled others to tackle state and community news coverage across its publications. The Maine Trust is the parent company of the Portland Press Herald, Sun Journal in Lewiston, Kennebec Journal in Augusta, Morning Sentinel in Waterville, Times Record in Brunswick and more than a dozen southern and western Maine online publications and newsletters.

1 week ago | pressherald.com | Meg Robbins

Central Maine Power Co. customers will see their monthly bills go up by about $5 for the average household next month, though that figure will vary by usage. The company will increase its distribution rates by about 3.3% for customers who take the default, standard offer electricity rate, according to the Maine Public Utilities Commission, which approved the increase last week.