Grace Benninghoff

The Nordic Heritage Outdoor Center is expected to reopen this weekend after being bought last week from the Libra Foundation for $1 million.

Every December, thousands of runners gather in a small northern Maine town to run a marathon through the frigid woods. The race started as an unlikely way to stoke the town's economy.

The facility, hosted this winter in the city's Riverton neighborhood, only opens when daily low temperature reaches 15 degrees or when snow accumulation is forecasted to exceed 10 inches.

The 10-year-old policy requires 25% of housing units in new developments to be deemed affordable. Developers say the rules are too stringent and stifling construction of units that the city desperately needs.

In his State of the City address, Portland's mayor highlighted the city's progress on public safety and underscored the affordability crisis.

The council allocated $1.4 million to 5 programs supporting the homeless and people who struggle with substance abuse.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has no timeline for when the temple will open but hopes it will help to serve its 11,000-plus members in the state.

The first warm, wet spring night sends frogs and salamanders from the forest, bearing fresh evidence of threats from warming winters, drying pools, and traffic.

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