Normally, Pastor Cindy Maddox performs Easter services for more than 100. This morning it was only birds in person.
Michele McDonald
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A cold but scenic morning in Maine: See these photos
When the sun rose Tuesday morning, it was very cold in southern Maine and a perfect morning to see sea smoke. Sea smoke is the fog that forms when very cold air, usually below 10 degrees, moves over warmer seawater. It causes the water to evaporate and produce steam. (The fog we usually see comes […]
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Portland Housing Authority knew apartments had radon but waited to make repairs
Congress ordered HUD in 1988 to ensure that public housing across the country is safe from the cancer-causing gas. Little has been done to make sure it happened.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
Scenes from Halloween 2019
See what our photographers saw in Portland and elsewhere.
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Gallery: Our photographers share a parting look at Maine’s fall foliage
It’s past peak and the leaves are falling. Before finishing the raking, take a last look at the glorious foliage, photographed by Press Herald photographers in October. “I kick at the leaves of maples Reds of seventy different shades, yellow Like old paper; and poplar leaves, fragile and pale; And elm leaves, flags of a […]
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Photos: More than 60 people become new Americans
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree addressed more than 60 new U.S. citizens Wednesday morning during a naturalization ceremony at Ocean Gateway in Portland. The immigrants, representing 35 countries, were presented with certificates of citizenship that they held while being photographed with friends and family after the ceremony.
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Asylum seekers welcomed to Maine with a ‘beautiful and wonderful’ July Fourth picnic
Despite a political divide over immigration nationally, large numbers of volunteers donate food, services or time to welcome 150-plus recently arrived asylum seekers sheltering in Portland.
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Gov. Mills urges USM grads to embrace ‘world of opportunity’ in Maine
She delivers the keynote address to more than 900 University of Southern Maine graduates on a day that saw commencement ceremonies at colleges across the state.
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Take a glimpse at the ‘seasons’ of spring
What’s most remarkable is how varied the weather can be within such a short period of time.