Carol Bousquet
Weekend Edition Host and Producer-
Fifty-two unhoused residents used the warming space at 166 Riverside Thursday. The city used two shuttle buses to bring them to the warming shelter. -
Dr. Amy Butler with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the early polar vortex disruption is unusual and just one of three ever recorded. -
Each of the 52 playing cards has a photo of the victim and known details of the crime. -
Gorham residents say traffic, noise and light pollution will increase commute times and decrease quality of life and property values in the community. -
The Maine Economic Growth Council released its annual Measures of Growth report Wednesday. -
The nurses are part of the Maine State Nurses Association and bargaining for a new contract. They have been without a contract for nearly a year. -
U.S. Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins asked the departments of Homeland Security and Labor to release maximum amount of H2B visas for 2026. -
Nearly 50 protestors converged on the Portland offices of Republican Senator Susan Collins and Independent Angus King Monday in the wake of a tentative deal to end the government shutdown that doesn't include an extension of healthcare subsidies. -
Non-profit Maine Equal Justice said SNAP benefit amounts could be about half of what they were for single parents and elderly couples, and some working families might get no benefit at all. -
A Maine Center for Economic Policy analysis says 15,000 workers will see an average increase to their income of nearly $2,100 a year.
