Maine hospitals have three tools in their toolbelt to expand hospital capacity amid record COVID-19 cases

Many of the 323 Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 in Maine are only still there because there are very few open nursing home beds in the state to discharge them to.

10 Maine communities working together to prevent flooding

The communities involved in the project are Portland, Freeport, Falmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, South Portland, Chebeague Island and Long Island.

Shippers prepare for another pandemic crush of holiday gifts

The Postal Service and private shippers UPS and FedEx are bolstering their hiring by bringing in about 230,000 seasonal workers to ensure they don’t become overwhelmed by packages again.

East Coast herring fishery will be shut down until 2022

The agency says that’s because it has projected that 95% of the year’s quota has been harvested as of Nov. 23.

Residents place moratorium on quarries near Sebago Lake

SEBAGO, Maine (AP) — Residents of a Maine town have voted to enact a moratorium that stops development of new quarries along one of the state’s most beloved lakes.

Catch a live glimpse of the Monument Square Christmas Tree anytime online

A new webcam gives viewers around the world a glimpse of the Monument Square Christmas tree anytime

Bike Sharing is coming to Portland in time for next summer

If you are feeling up for a bike ride in Portland but forgot your bike no problem, you can get one from several locations for $1 to unlock it and $9 per hour to ride.

Mainers head out on Black Friday despite pandemic, supply chain issues

Customers lined up waiting to be allowed into Best Buy in South Portland before 6 a.m. on Black Friday. The store opened at 5 a.m. and allowed customers in about 25 to 50 people at a time.

Bangor wants to evict the homeless from under I-395

The city of Bangor is asking more than a dozen people living by the Penobscot River under the Interstate 395 bridge that spans Bangor and Brewer to leave by Dec. 1 and plans to issue trespass orders to those who do not.

Maine university to pilot senior nutrition program

The University of New England received the $900,000 grant to seek to address food security and health and well-being of seniors in the state.