The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram

The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram

The Portland Press Herald, along with the Maine Sunday Telegram, is a daily newspaper based in Portland, Maine, USA. As the main publication for the state's largest city and a significant portion of southern Maine, these newspapers together represent the highest circulation newsroom in the region.

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#32815

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#6657

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  • 1 day ago | pressherald.com | Amy Paradysz

    Former first lady Barbara Bush believed that so many of our nation’s struggles, including poverty, disease and crime, could be solved through developing a more literate America. That’s why, as first lady, she founded the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy in 1986. A three-day celebration of what would have been her 100th birthday, eight years after her death, included the Foundation’s Maine Celebration of Literacy June 10 at Vinegar Hill Music Theatre in Arundel.

  • 2 days ago | pressherald.com | Bob Aube

    ANAHEIM, Calif. — Kutter Crawford had an off-field “accident” that requires season-ending surgery on his right throwing wrist, Red Sox manager Alex Cora said on Wednesday, adding that the 29-year-old wasn’t doing anything “irresponsible.”“It hasn’t been a great year for him,” Cora said.

  • 2 days ago | pressherald.com | Bob Aube

    Ryker Paradis of Lewiston was honored Wednesday as Gatorade Maine boys track athlete of the year after a season in which he won the shot put and finished third in the discus at the New England high school championships. Paradis, a senior, won both of those events at the Class A state meet and placed third in the javelin. He ranked 33rd in the nation this spring in the shot put with a best of 63 feet, 10 inches.

  • 2 days ago | pressherald.com | J. Craig Anderson

    No.The Maine Legislature recently considered — but ultimately backed away from — a move to partly decriminalize mushrooms containing the psychedelic compound psilocybin, often called magic mushrooms. The bill, LD 1034, sponsored by Rep. Grayson Lookner, D-Portland, would have decriminalized the possession of 1 ounce or less of psilocybin for people 21 or older. Decriminalization removes criminal penalties but doesn’t make a substance legal to possess or sell.

  • 2 days ago | pressherald.com | Bailey Arnold-Fuchs

    South Portland City Council chose the field adjacent to the former Mahoney Middle School as the location for a new police station. (Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer) A new police station will be part of South Portland’s civic hub. In a unanimous vote last week, the City Council selected the Mahoney School property as the location for the new police station, consistent with the city’s ad hoc Facilities Committee’s recommendation.