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Portland Sea Dogs may seek public money to upgrade Hadlock Field

The renovations could cost $10 million and drag the beloved baseball team into a thorny political conversation.

CMP, Versant and media groups sue Maine over foreign electioneering referendum

“If news outlets are forced to investigate political advertisers and take down their ads, what other content and messaging will they be forced to investigate and remove next?”

Orono will pay Texas firm nearly $30K to find next town manager

The town also plans to reimburse finalists for travel-related expenses.

Aroostook food pantries struggle to feed all the hungry people

Food pantries that used to see 200 to 300 people a month are now seeing 400 to 500, a representative of Catholic Charities said.

Portland’s rental market is cooling for the 1st time in years

The drop in demand has largely hit the city’s more expensive apartments and homes.

Maine criticizes IRS for reversal over taxing $450 heating aid checks

The IRS published information this summer saying the checks issued to more than 880,000 people would not be taxed but recanted on Dec. 7.

$28M in federal funds could help extend passenger rail to Rockland

Periodic efforts to extend rail service from the end of the Amtrak Downeaster line in Brunswick to Rockland have been short-lived.

What to look for in Maine’s sky on the longest nights of the year

Instead of cursing the long nights, pining for summer or staring at your television screen until you pass out, get outside and look at the night sky.

3 long-gone Bangor-area restaurants that people still miss

The Oronoka, Howard Johnson’s and Perry’s all bring back fond memories for many Bangor-area residents who ate at the defunct restaurants.

Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline narrowly wins runoff against former lawmaker

Sheline received 51.3 percent of votes to 48.7 percent for Jon Connor, an Air Force veteran who served one term as a Republican lawmaker in Augusta.

Late Holden police chief honored for his community service

Chris Greeley was perhaps best known for founding the Holden Police Department’s 25 Days of Kindness program.

2 men indicted in 2008 Portland cold-case killing 

The men are charged with the murder of 37-year-old Frank Williams, who was found beaten and stabbed on the Fox Street soccer fields.

In other Maine news …

Penobscot County approves 8.5-percent increase budget

Midcoast town votes to pause large retail development

How to survive winter allergy season

Brewer boys’ basketball beats Bangor by a point

Machiasport man shoots buck from 635 yards

Susan Collins drafting bill directing military to use intervention laws to seize guns

Celtics honor Maine man’s heroism during Lewiston mass shooting

Tractor trailer hauling beer catches fire in northern Maine

State task force says students need more access to career and technical education

Rockland is a step closer to making it easier to remove the mayor

Orono council approves $2.6M for library expansion

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