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How to define Troy Jackson's way of speaking? A linguist who's studied speech patterns in Aroostook County is an expert in this area(r).

WalletHub just ranked Lewiston and Portland among the nation's top 3 for income and employment on its list of the country's happiest cities. I had to dig a little deeper.

A pedestrian crosses in front of J's Oyster on Portland Pier in 2022.

“They're just fish.” For a couple of days, the words of Scarborough surf shop owner Andy McDermott — speaking to a reporter about how surfers

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Bailey Pate, photographed at a property along the Saco River in Biddeford, is a real estate agent and influencer who uses social media for real estate marketing. (Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer)

Forget to have fun over the past few months? Here's a plan to pack it all in before Labor Day ends.

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Riley Holden, center, talks with classmates as they eat breakfast items set out by parents who volunteered to bring food and hot chocolate to Lake

Pedestrians cross Congress Street at the intersection of High Street in Portland last summer. (Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer)'