The city's average temperature this summer was 2.5 degrees above normal, contributing to an overall warming trend for Maine. Natives and tourists welcomed a sunny Labor Day weekend as Portland ...

The first three weeks of September fall into a gap between the meteorological and astronomical starts of fall, and ...

This past summer was one of the warmest on record. Meteorological summer began on June 1 and wrapped up on August 31. The ...

To be outdoors, in weather, in summer feels increasingly fraught. Outdoor concerts carry a persistent charm and are safer for ...

A recent poll reveals that only one Maine town is considered to be 'budget-friendly' among the top 150 places in the nation ...

Who's ready to have some fun? Well, the Mercury is here to help with FREE TICKETS to see some of Portland's best concerts and ...

Portland isn’t as seasonally focused as some other Maine tourist towns, so you can still eat well and explore the city in ...

Monday is the last day that the sun will set after 7 p.m. in Portland for 2024. Further east in Augusta, the sun sets on Monday at 6:59 p.m. The last 7 p.m. sunset was on Sunday, September 8. Over in ...

Beat the crowds to Knightville's seafood, soft serve, sandwiches, craft beer, and bread with true terroir.

They'd played as the Whoopie Pies. They'd played as the Bean Suppahs and the Clam Bakes. They'd played as the Red Snappers. In keeping with the food-based alternate identity craze that began sweeping ...

“This is a very Portland thing, that there's hundreds of people gathered on a school lawn to watch birds fly into a chimney,” ...