Unique Scandinavian-Inspired Candy Shop Opens in Portland, Maine

This is so frikken awesome and also so frikken bad. I just know once Sød (translating to sweet in Danish) opens their little candy doors it's all over for our diets. The good part? There has never been a candy store in Portland that takes after Danish …

Maine faces heating oil delivery delays amid prolonged cold snaps

BRUNSWICK, Maine — Many Mainers rely on heating fuel or propane to heat their homes. However, this winter season, long stretches of cold snaps have increased the demand for fuel, causing delivery delays across the state.  “This is a year where we've …

USDA restores funding to University of Maine System

In a quick reversal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has restored funding to the University of Maine System after pausing it on Monday.  On Wednesday evening, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, announced that USDA funding for UMS programs had …

How technology helps Border Patrol cover entire Maine-Canada line

On a snowy afternoon, Maine's Total Coverage spent the day with border patrol agents and learned that by using technology, like cameras, sensors in the ground and drones, patrol agents are able to better patrol Maine's border with Canada.With these …

Former Maine CDC director, Dr. Nirav Shah, joining Colby College faculty

WATERVILLE, Maine (WABI) - Dr. Nirav Shah, who rose to national prominence during the pandemic as director of the Maine CDC, will now be joining Colby College in the fall. The school says Shah will be a visiting professor in the Department of Statistics. …

Maine food pantries brace for decrease in food and funds from USDA

The Good Shepherd Food Bank helps to distribute 500 million pounds of food to food pantries across the state. They have multiple sources of funding, but soon the U.S. Department of Agriculture will have less of a share.Two different USDA programs are being …

Maine loses $15M for energy efficiency, heat pump loans

Efficiency Maine Trust, the quasi-state agency that administers energy efficiency programs and disburses heat pump incentives, has lost access to about $15 million in federal funding that would have doubled its capacity to draw private capital for energy …

Maine native discusses his thriller murder mystery book ‘Last Drive’

Varsity Maine boys hockey poll – March 13

The top five boys hockey teams in Maine as voted on by reporters from the Press Herald, Kennebec Journal/Morning Sentinel, Sun Journal and Forecaster, with first-place votes in parentheses, followed by total points. FINAL BOYS HOCKEY 1. Thornton …

Maine’s Cooper Flagg Injured as Duke Beats Georgia Tech 78-70 [VIDEO]

In a game being broadcast on 92.9 The Ticket, Newport, Maine native Cooper Flagg was injured late in the first half. With Duke trailing 26-17 with 2:46 left in the 1st Half, Flagg went up for a rebound and came down clutching his left ankle. Cooper was …