Penelope Overton
Portland Press Herald
Portland, ME, United States
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Maine brewers of non-alcoholic beers tap into Dry January demand
The emerging market has many in the state's craft brewing industry buzzing. → Read More
Gov. Mills urges Mainers to be hopeful after being sworn in for a new 4-year term
Mills used her second inaugural address to tout her first-term successes, including a robust economic recovery from the pandemic, fully funding the state's share of public education and boosting the state's Rainy Day Fund to a record high. → Read More
Gov. Mills proposes $450 relief checks as part of heating assistance package
Gov. Janet Mills and legislative leaders have been trying to find agreement on a relief package that can get bipartisan approval on Wednesday, allowing the aid to be sent to struggling Mainers this winter. → Read More
Lead hunting ammo is on the way out at Rachel Carson refuge
Use of lead hunting ammunition at the Wells refuge will be phased out over the next four years. → Read More
The reliably red town of Gray turned blue in 2022
The Cumberland County town is one of many small Maine communities that Republicans could count on for votes – until Tuesday. → Read More
LePage’s loss leaves Maine Republicans at a crossroads
The political showdown between Janet Mills and Paul LePage began as a national race to watch. Though it ended with little drama on Election Day, LePage's defeat could usher in a new era for the state's Republican Party. → Read More
Green Divide: LePage, Mills environmental records a study in contrasts
While governor, LePage rolled back environmental regulations and stifled renewable energy in the hopes of growing the economy. Mills reversed most of these policies and embraced the state's role as a leader in fighting climate change. → Read More
Abortion stances of Mills and LePage both likely disappointed their supporters
To the chagrin of their bases, both gubernatorial candidates claim they would not change Maine's abortion law. → Read More
LePage responds to report about Florida tax exemption as Dems maintain pressure
The former governor told the Press Herald that his wife, Ann, maintained full-time resident status in Florida when he moved back to start campaigning. → Read More
Virginia Gov. Youngkin stumps for LePage
Virginia's first-term governor says Republicans have a winning formula on education: empower frustrated parents. → Read More
Maine’s U.S. senators differ on key questions about search of Trump estate
Maine’s two U.S. senators expressed contrasting reactions on Tuesday to the FBI’s search for top secret documents at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. Sen. Angus King, a two-term independent, questions why Trump had documents at his home that even some CIA agents aren’t allowed to read. Sen. Susan Collins, a moderate Republican and occasional Trump critic, says… → Read More
Private wells running dry in Maine as drought persists
York, Cumberland and Kennebec counties are hardest hit, according to Maine Drought Task Force. → Read More
Some Maine Republicans join party’s attacks on FBI search of Trump property
Former President Donald Trump gestures as he departs Trump Tower, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in New York. Julia Nikhinson/Associated Press Maine’s Republican Party leadership and top-of-the-ticket candidates have rallied to the defense of former President Donald Trump after the FBI obtained a warrant from a federal judge to search his Florida home, repeating his baseless claims that it is part of… → Read More
Versant Power seeks electricity rate hike
If approved, the average customer would pay about $120 more a year, starting next July. → Read More
Local surf spot under threat from climate change, national group says
But local surfers say other human threats, like overcrowding and lack of beach access, pose bigger threat to Higgins Beach in Scarborough. → Read More
Latest impact of PFAS contamination: Rising sewer rates
The looming cost to homeowners in public sewer districts is the latest impact of an expanding crisis that has contaminated agricultural fields and drinking wells, closed farms and left some fish and game unsafe to eat. → Read More
Mills acts to protect access to abortion and the health care workers who provide it
The governor issues an executive order barring state agencies from cooperating with another state's investigation into people, organizations or providers who offer abortion care in Maine. → Read More
Maine prepares for increase in out-of-state abortion seekers
Within hours of Friday's Supreme Court ruling, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England had already fielded calls from three women living in a so-called 'dark state' in search of an abortion appointment in Maine, a spokeswoman says. → Read More
Maine reacts after Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade
The ruling means women no longer have a constitutional right to abortion, but Maine state law protects that right within state borders. → Read More
State weighing impact of Supreme Court ruling on school tuition program
Interpreting the decision on Maine's tuition program is complicated by a state law that bars schools that receive tuition from discriminating against students and staff based on gender or sexual orientation. → Read More