Looking for the best neighborhood Christmas lights in Maine? Check out this free link to a list of over-the-top house displays in South Portland, Cumberland, Gray, OOB, Limington and Litchfield, among others.

Tacos for dinner, Wham on the phone, gingerbread houses left by a loved one's grave. These Maine families have Christmas traditions that are a little less traditional. #Wham #Tacos #dougnuts

Live from Maine, it's Thursday morning! With special guests, Portland Hearts of Pine! #GMA #heartsofpine

There's something you otter know about Taylor Swift's wardrobe #taylorswift #Swifties

Charles Shay, a Penobscot tribal elder from Maine who fought on D-Day and worked to bring attention to Native America veterans, dies at 101

Country roads are taking them home

What's your family's holiday tradition? For a story for the Portland (ME) Press Herald I'd love to talk to Mainers whose family has or had unique or even slightly wacky Christmas or holiday season traditions. If you'd like to share yours in the story, please email me at [email protected]

Norway is closer than you think. Though maybe not as close as Poland or Denmark or Paris. Depending on where in Maine you are.

If Graham Platner and President Trump ever have a sit down, this would be the chair they'd use.

She was "deah" to people all over Maine. Karmo Sanders, known as the ‘Marden’s Lady,’ passed away Saturday at the age of 74.

Meet the Banshee of the Boggan, the Pigman and Granny Grimm. It's Halloween in Maine.

Meet some of the humans behind Maine's giant skeletons. This bony trend has been getting bigger each year since Home Depot introduced Skelly to the public in 2020.

Tony Shalhoub, USM class of 1977, helped open the new arts center at the Portland, Maine campus Friday. Gov. Janet Mills singing "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" was an unexpected highlight of the event.

Where Taylor Swift fans can celebrate ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ in Maine www.pressherald.com/2025/10/01/w...

A Maine writer's new rom com, "The Threesome," hit theaters in September and will stream in October.

Get your fair share of squealing pigs, smash up derbies and oxen pulling heavy stuff. Check out our list of 8 great Maine fall fairs, happening now into October.

A Maine couple's true crime podcast is the basis for a new Hulu documentary on an Alaskan shooting and manhunt. The case highlights clashes between Western justice and Indigenous culture.

Marvel and DC comic creator Mort Todd of Portland (Maine) died Sunday, at 63.

A Maine artist chased his MLB dreams. Now he hopes to inspire others.

ICYMI: We kicked off our One Big Union Campaign with a rally outside the South Portland Newsroom this morning after presenting our managing director with a demand for voluntary recognition! What comes next is up to the Trust.

Back Cove Music & Arts Festival organizers will likely pay Portland about $185,000 for being able to hold the event on city land in early August. The payments include $100,000 to a non-profit group that helps maintain city parks, $1 for every ticket sold, plus expenses, repairs, licenses, permits.

Help protect local journalism in Maine. Please consider signing this petition to support workers at Maine newspapers who would like to be represented by a union, as we here at the Portland Press Herald are.

“Maine has lost a treasure. She was firmly ours even though she gave herself to the world.” Jane Morgan, who sang on Broadway, in nightclubs, on TV's "Ed Sullivan Show" and on hit records like "Fascination," died Monday at 101. She had been a Kennebunkport summer resident most of her life.

Lego artist builds Maine in miniature at Kennebunk museum, from Nubble Lighthouse off York to the Paul Bunyan statue in Bangor

Back Cove festival organizers hope to return to Portland next year; City officials say problems during the inaugural event this weekend were minor

Check out these 13 historic Maine movie houses, from Ogunquit to Bar Harbor, where you can still catch a show

Singing the praises of marriage - Lucy Dacus will marry fans at her show Sunday, during the Back Cove Music & Arts Festival in Portland.

"The bridge is up. Of course it is." A Maine author's new novel is filled with Greater Portland landmarks, and gaining national attention. It's the July pick for Reese’s Book Club

The 9 things you really need to know about Portland Maine's Back Cove Music & Arts Festival coming up this weekend - including where to park, who goes on when and where to find the free water.

Lucy Dacus’ drummer gets a hometown gig – at Portland, Maine's Back Cove Music and Arts Festival on Aug. 3.

Organizers of the Back Cove Music and Arts Festival, scheduled for Aug. 2-3 at Payson Park in Portland, announced a lineup change Monday.

Who says you can't go chasing waterfalls? Here's a list of 11 in Maine, from Portland to the north woods.

These soccer fans in Portland, Maine are cheering to the beat of their own drum.

The Emmy nominations for best comedy series this year include two shows featuring actors with Maine ties in the cast - "Nobody Wants This" and "The Bear"

Come out of your shell this weekend, with this list of the 11 things you simply MUST do at the Yarmouth Clam Festival.

A new documentary film about a Maine sailor surviving 76 days in a life raft will screen this month, at the Maine International Film Festival in Waterville.

Get out your Delorme Maine Atlas and Gazetteer and get ready for a geography lesson by visiting these 14 summer fairs. They stretch from Acton to Pembroke to Presque Isle.

Is there a chance you could see two stars of your favorite TV show walking around coastal Maine this summer? Yes Chef!

Netflix to base series on Maine author's latest novel, about a female Franco-American crime boss.

Why did the editors at the New Yorker become so obsessed with fact-checking? Because of a scathing letter from the mother of Maine poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, in 1927. As the magazine celebrates its 100th anniversary, that letter is being cited as one of the iconic moments in New Yorker history.

The owners of the Congress Street building say the theater has several years left on its lease and they'd like to see it operating there well into the future.

"I’ve never really thought I was very good at this job, but I do know how to be a friend,” Voornas said Monday. “A shocking amount of people have my phone number. But I’ve always felt if they need something, I want to help. This isn’t a job, it’s a life.”

Just in time for Father's Day - 21 dad jokes from Maine dads and comics. Remember if you tell one of these and you're not a dad, it's a faux pa.

"It was a really formative, creative time where I was learning how to write, how to create characters,” says actor Joe Manganiello of his childhood summers on Peaks Island, Maine.

If you tell a dad joke and you're not a dad, it's a faux pa. For Father's Day, read all about this classic/loved/belittled art form. There are videos and a list of jokes to help you understand this serious topic more fully.

Mainers who knew You Tube star Ms. Rachel when she was studying music at the University of Southern Maine and playing venues in Portland aren't surprised by her success or by her stand on children in Gaza. www.pressherald.com?p=7461515&uu...

New storytelling events in Maine let people share, Moth-style. Read the story below to learn about storytelling series in Portland and Lewiston, and how groups are using story slams and story nights to get their message out. www.pressherald.com?p=7459885&uu...

See these 4 storytelling events in Portland, Lewiston and Damariscotta, coming up in June. They're part of a storytelling renaissance around Maine right now, with series, story slams and story suppers.

Maine's Tucker Pillsbury - also known as Role Model - is going from singing about romance to starring in a romcom, with Natalie Portman.