Nicole Ogrysko

Trees are down across the state and tens of thousand of Mainers are without power after Wednesday's storm brought heavy rain and wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour.

Concert organizers are proposing a festival for Aug. 2-3, 2025 and envision that the two-stage event would draw a crowd of about 12,000 people each day.

The Portland City Council will weigh in Monday night on a proposed two-day music and arts festival with national touring artists in Payson Park next summer.

Sportsbook wagering went live in Maine last November. Since then, the state has collected about $6 million in total revenue during the first full year.

Maine has collected about $6 million in total revenue during the state's first full year of sports betting.

City councilors on Monday night approved a license for a two-day festival that could bring national touring artists to city-owned Payson Park. The festival is scheduled for Aug. 2-3, 2025.

Because public housing authority rules forbid tenants from returning to subsidized units after an eviction, many end up homeless.

Under an industry-funded pilot, Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts fishermen will be allowed to harvest 58,400 pounds of shrimp for a limited time this winter.

The workers are calling on the Department of Health and Human Services commissioner and Gov. Janet Mills to find an immediate replacement for Bobbi Johnson, the director of Maine's Office of Child and Family Services.

The proposal from Mile Marker Investments calls for a 3,300-person music and event space, to be partially built on an empty lot on Cumberland Avenue near the Merrill Auditorium and city hall.