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Yarmouth streets bustle with joy at the annual clam festival
YARMOUTH (WGME) -- Thousands of people lined the streets in Yarmouth Friday to get a taste of summer at the annual clam festival. “It's a beautiful night, finally, and it's just fun to be here and just enjoying the summertime,” said Cape Elizabeth resident Mike Schmidt. Crowds were jam...
3 Northern New England Cities Rank Top 10 Least-Stressed in the US
Stress. We all have it, but the past few years have really ramped it up. From a pandemic to inflation, natural disasters, and crime rates, it's been a wild ride. But there's some good news to come out of our corner of the country. Two of our local gems, Nashua, New Hampshire, and Portland, Maine, are living the good life, and just ranked in the top 10 least-stressed cities in the US.
More Than a Century Ago, a ‘Yo Mama’ Joke Caused an Ugly Political Incident in Maine
Typically, when people think of historical moments in time, 'yo mama' jokes are not the first thing that comes to mind. Perhaps they should. According to Scripted.com, the first recorded motherly insult came in 3500 BCE, scribed on a tablet found in Babylon. That random and wild find notwithstanding, most...
Yarmouth Clam Festival returns for 57th year
YARMOUTH, Maine (WMTW) - The opening ceremony for the 57th annual Clam Festival took place Friday morning. Tens of thousands of people are expected to pack Yarmouth through the weekend for one of Maine’s biggest yearly events. The main attraction is, of course, the food. Festival-goers can enjoy clams...
Who Needs Shark Week When Maine Has ‘Lobsteroids’
What if gigantic lobsters took over Maine? It's not very pretty but it made a hilarious movie. Lobsteroids is a cult classic. The movie basically combined Maine lobsters, Maine Rock and Roll bands, and Maine Steroids into one silly movie mess. You see, the steroid-injected lobsters, driven by the noise and frequency of Rock and Roll, try and take over Portland. Hilarity and carnage ensue.
Nobody calls Portland 'Portlyn' -- except maybe the Mainer who made it up
PORTLAND, Maine (BDN) -- A cable television station’s list of the 50 best places to live in the U.S. set off a small but huffy internet kerfuffle a few weeks back when it claimed locals refer to their city as “Portlyn,” after the hip Big Apple borough of Brooklyn.
'Landlords are in season': Sticker placed on Portland business causes unease
PORTLAND, Maine — A sticker that reads "Landlords are in season," was placed on the front of Vitalius Real Estate Group in Portland earlier this week, and local landlords said they now feel targeted. Brit Vitalius, the owner of Vitalius Real Estate Group, said he views this incident as...
Flights, online services in Maine resuming after global IT outage
Airlines are slowly resuming operations Friday, after a global IT outage forced many flights at the Portland International Jetport to be delayed or canceled. The crowds were beginning to dissipate by about 9:30 a.m., but there were still some signs of disruption. Many screens throughout the jetport that usually display digital ads or other information showed a blue error message instead.
School improvement bond projects outlined at community forum in Gray
A second info session with Q&A will be held at Memorial School in New Gloucester on Monday, July 22, at 6:30. About 80 residents sweltered in the Gray-New Gloucester High School cafetorium on Wednesday evening for the first of two planned presentations on proposed facilities improvement projects in the works for MSAD 15.
South Portland's Electric Tool Library offers yard care equipment rentals
The Electric Tool Library in South Portland is lending a helping hand to its residents who want to clean up their properties without buying a shed full of tools. They've got everything from everything from lawnmowers to leaf blowers, hedge trimmers, weed whackers, and more. “You can just show up...
Casco: Let’s stay with Raymond in ACO pact
CASCO — On Tuesday — a few weeks after Naples announced its intention to end the three-town agreement for a regional Animal Control Officer — Casco leaned toward keeping those shared services with the Town of Raymond. Casco Town Manager Tony Ward talked briefly about an item...
Maine locals and tourists react to President Biden ending his 2024 reelection bid
PORTLAND, Maine — As the news of President Joe Bidenstepping down from his reelection bid spread, Maine locals and tourists reacted to the announcement. Many described this election cycle as chaotic. “I feel mostly relieved that we may have a hope to win the election without Biden in the...
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