Jules Walkup

Though hurricane season starts in June, storm activity increases from August through October. Regardless of the seasonal outlook, Pete Rogers, the director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency, said Mainers should stay prepared for hurricanes.

EyeMed and the OneSight EssilorLuxottica Foundation came together to provide free eye exams and glasses made on-site, the first of its kind that OneSight has offered in Maine.

Members of the Maine State Nurses Association gathered outside Maine Medical Center on Wednesday to call for the release of their colleague who was detained by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. They also called for MaineHealth to sponsor their colleague’s green card.

According to City Administrator Bryan Kaenrath, the city has experienced 20 shootings since January. The majority of those, he said, have been committed by children under 18. He said increasing police presence in Lewiston is meant to be an emergency measure.

PORTLAND — Members of the Maine State Nurses Association gathered outside Maine Medical Center in Portland on Wednesday to call for the release of a collea

According to an ICE spokesperson, the Scarborough facility is not a detention center but a processing facility. When asked if ICE intends to review the facility, the spokesperson said that it undergoes its own inspection processes.

The Stroudwater River Trail goes along the south side of the Stroudwater River behind the Unum campus near the Portland International Jetport. Across the river lie trails that are part of the 200-acre Fore River Sanctuary.

Procter & Gamble engineering director Danielle Brown told the Auburn Planning Board that the two new warehouses, one at the north end and one at the south end, are meant to eliminate the moving of goods to off-site storage.

The Auburn City Council passed a mobile home rent stabilization ordinance, joining at least 25 municipalities across Maine. The ordinance restricts the number of times a park owner can increase rent, the amount that they can increase rent and creates a rent stabilization board.

The project will offer a “housing first” approach. Residents will not need to be sober to access housing. Instead, the project will provide “stable ground” upon which people can begin to have their behavioral health needs met.