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Skeletal remains found in Gorham identified
GORHAM (WGME) -- The skeletal remains found by utility workers in Gorham last month have been identified. According to the Press Herald, the remains were identified on Tuesday as those of 45-year-old Michael Phillips-Townsend of Westbrook. Phillips-Townsend was reported missing in 2019, according to the Press Herald. The cause of...
New mobile medical unit expected to help greater Portland homeless community
PORTLAND (WGME) -- MaineHealth is figuring out the next steps for its new mobile unit to help people who are homeless. The city of Portland provided a two-year grant to fund an outreach van. Officials say everything that can happen at a primary care office should be able to happen...
More Maine school districts vote to ban cell phones
FREEPORT (WGME) -- More Maine school districts are voting to ban smartphones in middle schools and even high schools. More than 30 school districts across the state now have bans in place, and many more are considering it. School staffers say they see too many kids addicted to these devices.
Maine Miracle: Woman Requests Birth Record, Finds Out Coworker Was Her Birth Nurse 30 Years Ago
Life takes some strange and beautiful turns sometimes, and this story proves it. It takes a special nurse to be part of the labor and delivery team in any hospital, but one special registered nurse in Maine has been delivering babies and calming nervous mothers for many years. It turns...
Naples kicks off Fourth of July with family traditions and fireworks at Long Lake
NAPLES (WGME) - Fourth of July celebrations went on all across the lakes region, including Naples, which kicked things off with a parade. Everyone was decked out in their red, white, and blue, thrilled the watch the procession. One such onlooker was Maradith Markham-Burns, a New Hampshire resident who spends...
‘We are being railroaded’ — Residents reeling from dam removal
NAPLES — It was a swimming hole that not everybody knew about on a river renowned for its pristine water quality. It is considered the birth place of Naples, where a small industrial complex and homes were once supported by a dam on the Crooked River. In about a...
HGTV Gives Portland, Maine, a New Nickname, and It’s Stupid
By now, it's pretty clear that someone behind the scenes at HGTV really likes Portland, Maine. The powerhouse television network has featured Portland in many different ways through on-air and web content. The city was even chosen in 2020 for HGTV's massive "Urban Oasis" contest. So it shouldn't come as...
Portland dazzles with festive Fourth of July celebrations on Eastern Prom
PORTLAND (WGME) - Lots of people were celebrating the 4th of July on Thursday in Vacationland!. There were parades and events across the state and of course lots of fireworks. And hundreds of people marked the holiday in Portland. “We used to do festivals like this when I was growing...
South Portland Dempsey Center Moving to Westbrook, Maine’s Rock Row
The Dempsey Center was founded in Lewiston, Maine in 2008 by Maine's Patrick Dempsey after his mother Amanda was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1997. His goal with the Center was to help make life better for people who have been impacted by cancer. In 2017, the Dempsey Center merged...
Volunteers work to clean Maine beaches after Fourth of July festivities
OLD ORCHARD BEACH (WGME) -- Friday is considered the dirtiest beach day of the year. There's a lot of trash left behind after all the Fourth of July and fireworks festivities down by the water. It doesn't take much to find an awful lot. “Last year, we had four volunteers,...
'We can't do it alone': Portland Trails seek help funding storm damage repairs
PORTLAND, Maine — Portland Trails is still working to restore trails that were damaged during the destructive storms that hit Maine this past winter, and the nonprofit is asking community members and private donors to help ease the financial burden of restoration costs. Portland Trails manages 80 miles of...
Scarborough’s Independence Day celebrations include running, walking and marching
SCARBOROUGH, Maine — The Scarborough Fire Department hosted its 21st annual Fourth of July event, holding a Kids Fun Run followed by a parade down King Street. It was a quarter-mile race to see who could come out on top. "I ran really fast because I had so much...
Maine Climate Advocates Go to Capitol Hill
This June, thirty-six Maine advocates took their growing climate anxiety to Washington D.C to ask our national lawmakers for effective and equitable solutions. These meetings and the preceding 3-day training conference, are the cornerstone of what Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) volunteers do. Specifically, advocate for climate solutions that meet the scale and ambition necessary to ensure a livable world.
Freeport's Fourth of July celebration starts with pancakes and ends with fireworks
FREEPORT (WGME) -- The day started and also ends with a bang in Freeport with a long list of activities for the Fourth of July. Festivities started bright and early in Freeport to celebrate the Fourth of July. First with a $10 pancake breakfast that used to be held at...
3 Fun ‘Adult’ Ways to Celebrate Your Birthday in Portland, Maine
It's inevitable. As we get older, it seems like we don't care as much about what we do for our birthdays. I think a little bit of our hearts will always want to do something fun when the time comes, but I also think we're too tired to plan something.
Coming Together for Safer Streets
Neighborhood groups, Portland Trails install traffic calming projects in Libbytown, West End. This summer, if you drive down Portland’s Brighton Avenue or Danforth Street, you’ll see the purple paint the volunteers have rolled out. Portland Trails is partnering with Libbytown Neighborhood Association, West End Neighborhood Association (WENA), Bicycle Coalition of Maine, and the City of Portland to install traffic calming projects on Brighton (at the intersections with Whitney Avenue and Bolton Street) and Danforth (at May Street and Emery Street).
New Gloucester Rides- Call for volunteers
BLING is pleased to announce the launch of New Gloucester Rides, a volunteer transportation program serving New Gloucester residents, developed with Lifelong Maine and AARP guidance and tools, and modeled on successful programs in other Maine towns, including Age-Friendly Saco and Central Maine’s Neighbors Driving Neighbors. Transportation is a vital need in rural Maine for older people and for people with disabilities. Those who do not drive, or who give up their driver’s license as they age, whose family members live in distant states, whose health care providers are miles away, face a profound lack of transportation. Volunteers vetted and trained by New Gloucester Rides will provide rides to medical and dental appointments.
City considers 'trust fund' in commitment to cleaner future for its residents: 'Creative approaches are essential'
This project is significant not because of the source of the funding, but rather because it could create independent climate funding in the city budget. Give credit where it's due: One U.S. municipality is getting creative in order to better fund a robust response to the climate crisis. Officials in...
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