Average rate on 30-year mortgage falls to 6.20%, its lowest level since February 2023
Signs of waning inflation and a cooling job market have raised expectations that the Fed will cut its benchmark interest rate ...
Moderna slashes research budget as vaccine sales disappoint
Moderna Inc. aims to reduce its research and development budget by about 20% over the next three years as the biotech tries ...
Ukraine says Russia has begun counteroffensive in Kursk border region
Ukraine launched its daring incursion into Kursk in August, partly in the hopes Russia would divert troops there from Donetsk in eastern Ukraine where a push by the Russian army is threatening to ...
People on the move: University of New England names dean of health professions college
NEW HIRES  The University of New England has hired John Vitale as dean of the Westbrook College of Health Professions. Vitale ...
Cumberland council wrestles with request to extend business hours
A request from a relatively new pizza restaurant in Cumberland to push out closing time by one hour on Friday and Saturday ...
Snow Pond on Tap, Portland Yacht Rock, Camden International Film and other weekend festivals
The weather looks glorious for the Snow Pond on Tap festival in Sidney on Saturday and the ongoing Hurricane Meadows Fall Festival in Falmouth. If you’ve never shot a potato cannon, now’s your chance!
New York man charged after police raid massage parlor in Lewiston
Richard Qiu, 58, was being held Wednesday at the Androscoggin County Jail in Auburn on two counts of sex trafficking and a charge of forced labor, according to a jail official. Qiu's bail is set at ...
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Wednesday’s high school roundup: Portland posts another overtime victory
Boys’ soccer: After edging Deering in the season opener, the Bulldogs stop rival South Portland, 1-0. Baptista Muanda scored with a minute left in overtime and Portland beat host South Portland 1-0 ...
Rock Row medical campus opening put off to 2025
New England Cancer Specialists and the Dempsey Center are among the tenants expected to move into the mixed-use complex in ...
Are social media scams hindering missing persons cases?
When a woman from Virginia went missing in Maine, her family turned to social media for help finding her. But those pleas kept getting flagged as spam and removed, a recent trend seen by law ...
Letter: Can America survive this election?
No matter who wins in November, this country may not make it. According to Google, the average age of an empire is 250 years. I firmly believe that no matter who wins in November, this country will ...
Letter: Affordable student loan repayment is in jeopardy
The SAVE plan is the difference between crushing student loan debt and hope for many Mainers. About 180,000 people in Maine have student loans. They are our neighbors, teachers, nurses, and even our ...