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Hannaford’s website and app stayed offline on Thursday after its parent company disabled systems for a cybersecurity issue + directed customers to use third-party delivery services until the problem is resolved.

Maine lumber mills are struggling as foreign exporters buy local logs to produce cheaper lumber overseas; Kennebec Lumber Company closed a sawmill and mills now operate at (75% capacity) while President Dennis Carrier calls for new rules to protect American jobs.

Spruce Mountain girls soccer was named Varsity Maine Girls Team of the Week after the Phoenix improved to a 6-0-2 record since Sept.

11 with wins over Wiscasset/Boothbay and Wells — three freshmen played key roles in shifting their season toward a postseason push.

Portland's new Maine Wildness women’s soccer team, a sister club to the Hearts of Pine, was named on Thursday (at Madrid's) amid cheers from 500 fans.

It will play in the USL W League starting in spring 2027 with a logo that shows Maine’s wilderness.

Hannaford's website and app are down for a third straight day amid a cybersecurity incident at Ahold Delhaize, but stores and pharmacies remain open and customers can order groceries via food delivery services.

Teams are working to restore systems safely + services will relaunch as progress is made.

Construction of Cape Elizabeth's new middle school began this summer.

The town will hold a groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow at noon on the baseball field (with a band performance and official remarks) as the school prepares for a 2028 opening.

The state has warned that testing found unsafe levels of bacteria, yeast and mold in a strain of medical marijuana (Florida Oranges) from B Maine's cultivation facility in Lebanon after a complaint last month and advised users with symptoms such as sinus issues to contact a medical provider.

Since Oct. 1, Portland Public Schools partnered with the Portland Museum of Art to bring 425 seventh-graders for Black history lessons through music, art and interactive displays—including a hip-hop session by Bowdoin College’s Jonathan Tunstall—and will prepare them for a guided Freedom Trail walk next week.