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How did the Mega Millions jackpot get to be $1 billion? It’s really hard to win.

by SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press October 19, 2018October 20, 2018

Maine sales alone were expected to exceed $1 million for Friday night’s drawing.

Photos: Gray-New Gloucester students get creative with pumpkins for Camp Sunshine fundraiser

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018

Students at Gray/New Gloucester High School carved pumpkins Thursday that will become part of the 16th annual Camp Sunshine Pumpkin Festival in Freeport this weekend. Over 7,500 carved pumpkins will be on display at the festival, which raises funds for Camp Sunshine, a year-round, cost-free retreat on Sebago Lake in Casco for children with life-threatening […]

Life & Culture

Mayo Street Arts awarded $10,000 for mission to make arts accessible

by Leslie Bridgers October 18, 2018October 18, 2018

The Portland venue will put the money toward a fundraising effort to build a wheelchair ramp.

Business, Life & Culture, Nation & World, News, Politics

Facebook’s election ‘war room’ takes aim at fake information

by MICHAEL LIEDTKE The Associated Press October 18, 2018October 18, 2018

But critics contend that the effort is more about public relations than about addressing the platform’s tendency to amplify sensational and misleading articles.

Lifestyle, Maine Authors

OFF RADAR: Two new poetry collections

by Dana Wilde October 18, 2018October 17, 2018

‘A Smattering of Stanley’ by military veteran George S. Chappell and ‘The Heroin Diaries’ by physician Mary Dowd

Arts & Entertainment

Film’s release canceled after Fan Bingbing disappears

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018

‘Air Strike,’ the World War II thriller, also stars Bruce Willis and Adrien Brody.

Life & Culture, Nation & World, News

Things to know before you go to Canada for legal marijuana

by Fiona Kelliher Detroit Free Press October 17, 2018October 18, 2018

For starters, you can’t bring it back to the States.

Life & Culture, Lifestyle, Local & State

‘Real thirst for compost education’ drives students learning that science in Monmouth

by Betty Adams October 17, 2018October 17, 2018

The Maine Compost School, which carried out exercises Wednesday at Highmoor Farm in Monmouth, teaches that heat, texture and odor are critical to breaking down organic material successfully.