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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Scarborough High revives student newspaper after 12 years of inactivity

1 day 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.
Telstar High School’s High Honors students

1 day ago | pressherald.com | Rose Lincoln
Oral arguments under way in Laurel Libby’s effort to fight censure

1 day ago | pressherald.com | Eric Russell

Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, enters the House of Representatives room Wednesday June 4, 2025 in Augusta. Anna Chadwick/Morning Sentinel Oral arguments are underway in Rep. Laurel Libby’s effort to regain her right to speak on the House floor, a privilege she lost in February after being censured for a viral social media post that identified a transgender high school athlete.
Sen. King calls to preserve protected status of Afghans in U.S.

1 day ago | pressherald.com | Eric Russell

U.S. Sen. Angus King on Thursday joined 28 Senate colleagues in calling on the Trump administration to reverse its sudden cancelation of Temporary Protected Status for Afghans who served alongside America’s military, some of whom have settled in Maine. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, speaks on the floor of the U.S. Senate in February.
Bill to support later high school start times passes in House, Senate

2 days ago | pressherald.com | Eric Russell

Lawmakers approved an amended bill this week that would offer grant funding to Maine school districts to explore pushing back high school start times to 8:30 a.m. or later. The amendment replaced the original version of LD 396, sponsored by Senate President Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, that sought to mandate an 8:30 a.m. or later start time for all high schools. Senate President Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick.
Angus King calls for continued U.S. engagement as conflict in Gaza stirs regional unrest

2 days ago | pressherald.com | Eric Russell

Sen. Angus King, center, and Sen. James Lankford, left, receive a briefing from a leader of the Lebanese Armed Forces during their visit to Lebanon in May 2025. Courtesy of Sen. Angus King’s office U.S. Sen. Angus King said ongoing conflict in Gaza is fueling instability across the Middle East and warned that a U.S. retreat from the region could empower adversaries and derail fragile diplomatic progress.
Search for hiker missing on Katahdin stretches into second day

2 days ago | pressherald.com | Alex McCann

Searchers receive a briefing from Baxter State Park rangers and the Maine Warden Service on Wednesday morning before resuming the search for a missing hiker. Photo courtesy of Baxter State Park Searchers continued to scour the top of Katahdin on Wednesday for clues about the whereabouts of a hiker from New York who was last seen Sunday and whose father was found dead on the mountain Tuesday. Esther, left, and Tim Keiderling were reported missing Tuesday near Katahdin.
How a former lawmaker grew weed with alleged Chinese crime groups in rural Maine

2 days ago | pressherald.com | Eric Russell

Eddie DuGay appeared before the Turner Board of Selectmen in October 2020 with a simple request: He wanted permits for himself and several others, including two Chinese immigrants, to grow medical marijuana inside a large warehouse on Conant Road. All they needed to get started was a majority vote from the five-member board, pass a brief inspection and answer a few questions at a meeting the following month. And they got it.
The country’s first mushroom casket was buried last week in rural Maine

2 days ago | pressherald.com | Eric Russell

Marsya Ancker-Robert and her husband, Paul, stand over the grave of her father, Mark Ancker. The 55-pound casket, made entirely of mushroom roots, was the first of its kind ever buried in North America. Photo courtesy of Loop Biotech INDUSTRY – The loved ones who gathered in a muddy clearing to say goodbye to their friend and father gazed down at the glowing white cocoon that lay at the bottom of a freshly dug grave.
Kennebunkport doctor will not serve jail time for overprescribing opioids

3 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Julia Arenstam

A Kennebunk doctor found guilty last summer of issuing unauthorized prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances will not serve any prison time. Dr. Merideth Norris, 54, was convicted by a jury last June on 15 counts of distributing controlled substances, each representing a prescription she wrote for one of five patients from 2021 to 2022.