American Journal

1 day ago | pressherald.com | Bisi Cameron Yee

Anne Taylor has to move quickly. She places a custom mold under the spigot of a tempering machine and a thick river of chocolate pours down to fill it. She scrapes off the excess with a spatula and bangs the mold on the edge of the machine. She gives each mold a cursory stir to break up any air bubbles before she whirls around and, in two steps, places the freshly molded Buoy Pops on a rack by an air conditioner set on high. The drawers where she keeps inventory are empty.

2 days ago | pressherald.com | Scott Monroe

Freeport is taking the next step to implement the community’s vision for diverse transportation options, new housing development, and downtown vitality with support from the Maine Department of Transportation.

3 days ago | pressherald.com | Eric Russell

Scarborough High School sophomores from left, Natale Philibert, Helen Horrigan, Lucy Johnson, Evie Wiernusz, Lauren Jacobs, Penelope Gleason and Gabrielle Smetana work Tuesday on the latest edition of the student newspaper, “The Storm,” during their advisory period. Daryn Slover/Portland Press Herald More than a dozen chatting high schoolers are sitting on the floor, laptops out, pouring over pages of the upcoming issue of The Storm, Scarborough High School’s student newspaper.

3 days ago | pressherald.com | Scott Monroe |Sophie Burchell

Yarmouth residents raise their cards in support of an article at the Yarmouth Town Meeting on June 3. Sophie Burchell / Community Reporter “Tonight, we gather not only to conduct the important business of the town, but also to reaffirm and celebrate the spirit of community that defines Yarmouth,” said Town Manager Scott LaFlamme, opening Yarmouth’s annual Town Meeting on Tuesday evening.

3 days ago | pressherald.com | Scott Monroe

Hannah Josephs with her award-winning steers. HANNAH JOSEPHSHannah Josephs steered her path in her own direction. The graduating Falmouth senior was involved in 4-H throughout high school, a rarity in the town of Falmouth but not in her family. Raising animals in the 4-H working steer program, she has shown her prize-winning oxen in fairs from the Ossipee Valley Fair in July to the Fryeburg Fair in October.