April 7-12. Hadlock Field, 271 Park Ave., Portland, $14-$25. portlandseadogs.com.
“Play ball!” are baseball fans’ two favorite words this time of year, when it’s time to bundle up and take yourself out to the ballgame at Hadlock Field. The Portland Sea Dogs kick off their home season with six consecutive games against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. It’s never too cold to enjoy a Sea Dog biscuit and to root, root, root for the home team. Tickets for the April 7 game are free for kids 17 and under with the purchase of an adult ticket.
April 10-12. Sugarloaf, 5092 Access Road, Carrabassett Valley, $33.85-$76.54. sugarloaf.com.
Reggae Fest celebrates its 38th anniversary at Sugarloaf with three fun days of reggae music and parties on the outdoor patio known as The Beach, and at bar and restaurants The Widowmaker, King Pine Room and Bullwinkle’s. Reggae DJs will be spinning, and there will be live performances by Marlon Asher, Double Tiger, Mighty Mystic and Annie in the Water among other acts.
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Starting May 1. Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, 105 Botanical Gardens Dr., Boothbay, $28, $24 seniors and veterans, $19 students 18 and older, $12 for 3-17, free for under 3. mainegardens.org.
A bright yellow Bartzella peony at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay. (Gordon Chibroski/ Staff Photographer)
Put a spring in your step with a stroll around Coastal Maine Botanical Garden’s nearly 300 acres. The grounds are brimming with ever-changing beauty as spring blossoms into summer. Along the way, you’ll discover five giant wooden trolls, a native butterfly house and a whimsical fairy house village tucked among the gardens’ many delights.
3-10 p.m. May 2. Riverbank Park, Westbrook. seafest.me
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SEAFEST celebrates the colors, flavors and traditions of Southeast Asia, and how they’re woven into Maine’s multicultural identity. The festival is presented by the local Cambodian community group Khmer Maine, along with members of local Thai, Filipino and Vietnamese communities. SEAFEST features arts, music, dance and a variety of Southeast Asian food. All are welcome.
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May 2. Downtown Kennebunk locations. kennebunkmaine.us.
Shriners cruise along Main Street during Kennebunk’s annual May Day Festival parade. (Carl D. Walsh/Staff Photographer)
Kennebunk’s long-running May Day festival is packed with a full day of family-friendly events and activities. It starts with a pancake breakfast and features a farmers market, food trucks, fishing derby, live music, book sale and all sorts of things for kids to do. Best of all is the parade with Shriners’ classic miniature cars, floats, a marching band and variety of familiar mascots.
May 2-3. Statewide pottery and ceramics studios. mainepotterytour.org.
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The annual Maine Pottery Tour is a weekend for dozens of pottery and ceramics studios statewide to open to the public. You can meet artists, watch demonstrations, see the kilns and shop for pottery and ceramics.
Participants include Peeper Pond Studio in Yarmouth, Tall Pines Pottery in Westbrook, Fine Mess Pottery in Augusta and Work In Progress Art Studio in Lisbon. The Maine Pottery Tour website includes information about the Plan My Tour app featuring online maps of the studios to help you craft the perfect pottery adventure.
CiderFeast happens at Oxbow Blending & Bottling in Portland.
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Noon-3 p.m. May 3. Oxbow Blending & Bottling, 49 Washington Ave., Portland, $35, 21-plus. ciderfeasthq.com.
If you love hard cider, you’ll want to snag tickets to the annual CiderFeast, where the best ciders in the region will be poured. Everyone gets a souvenir glass, and there will be plenty of local food to pair with the delicious cider you’ll be imbibing. Participants include Rocky Ground (Hampden), Bon Vent (Hancock) and Run Amok Mead (West Gardiner) among many others.
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10 a.m.-3 p.m. May 3. Waterfront Park, Augusta. ritualmaine.com.
Ritual Maine is a central Maine-based crystal business that also hosts eclectic markets in the Kennebec Valley. This year marks the 5th anniversary of the Spring Ritual Market, where you’ll find more than 35 vendors peddling crystals, gems, upcycled clothing, pottery, candles, herbal goods and more. Two food trucks and a coffee truck will be parked on-site. A mini version of the market will also take place on from noon-5 p.m. May 31 at Absolem Cider in Winthrop.
Aklilu Tsaedu, owner of Niyat Catering, scoops vegetarian lentils into a tray during the 2024 A Taste of Nations culinary event at Mayo Street Arts in Portland. Niyat Catering’s Ethiopian cuisine will be part of this year’s festival on on May 9-10. (Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer)
11 a.m.-3 p.m. May 9-10. Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo St., Portland, $10 in advance, $13 at the door, $5 for tastes from the food vendors.
Here’s a chance to taste a wide range of international cuisine under one roof. A Taste of Nations Food Festival is an annual culinary event presented by Mayo Street Arts and Fork Food Lab. Some of this year’s food vendors are Amira Cuisine (Middle Eastern), Eduardo’s Brazilian Grill One, Yardie Ting (Jamaican) and Choma Zone (East African). There will also be live DJ sets by Moody Lords Vinyl and Vintage co-owners Andrew Chang and Nick Robles.
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Griffin William Sherry at the Back Cove Music and Arts Festival at Payson Park on Aug. 2, 2025. Sherry will be playing at the All Roads Music Festival in May. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer)
May 15-16. Portland locations, $60-$90 single day, $152-$150 for two-day pass. allroadsmusicfest.com.
The All Roads Music Festival makes its Portland debut in a huge way. Over two days, nine venues including State Theatre, One Longfellow Square and Portland House of Music will be hosting more than 40 performances and events. With a lineup that features local, regional and national acts such as Beaches, Monrovia, Bahamas, Genevieve Stokes, Louisa Stancioff, Touching Ice, Becca Biggs and Myles Bullen, among many others, All Roads will be downright epic. The festival also includes talks, panel discussions, exhibitions and workshops centered on music.
May 23-24. Narrow Gauge Amphitheater, 123 Narrow Gauge Square, Farmington, $40 per day, $70 weekend pass. whistlestopconcertseries.com.
Spend part of Memorial Day weekend with live outdoor music in Farmington. The Sandy River Music Festival features two days of performances, with a total of 11 acts. The lineup includes Rigometrics, Griffin William Sherry, Gina and the Red Eye Flight Crew and The Last Revel. Level up your experience by adding camping to the weekend. There are tent rentals, bring your own tent and bring your own camper options.
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June 13. Piscataquis Valley Fairgrounds, Dover-Foxcroft, $6, free for 12 and under. mainewhoopiepiefestival.com.
Do whoopie pies taste better in the middle of June? Find out by hitting the annual Whoopie Pie Festival, where you’ll find plenty of Maine’s official state treat. The festival includes a road race/walk, live wrestling, food and crafts, music and whoopie pies as far as the eye can see. You can also make your whoopie pie dreams come true by entering the whoopie pie-eating contest. Stretch pants recommended.
An ICE agent in Maine fatally shot into the car of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a 25-year-old Colombian national. CBS News reports that Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine said that “the person that was killed was not the person that they were seeking,”
Maine Senate hopeful, Democrat David Costello, speaks with a potential voter as he gathers signatures, required to be considered at the party’s convention, in downtown Brunswick, Maine on July 12.
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BRUNSWICK, Maine – On a sunny Sunday, Senate hopeful David Costello worked the sidewalk in downtown Brunswick asking for signatures.
“Woud you happen to be a registered Democrat?” he asked one woman before engaging in a back and forth conversation. She asks if he’s progressive.
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“Very progressive,” Costello said.
Costello is one of several Maine Democrats who see the fall of Graham Platner’s senate campaign as an opportunity to represent Maine in Washington.
Platner won June’s Democratic primary election handily. But allegations of rape by a former romantic partner last week forced him to drop out of the race. It leaves Maine Democrats scrambling to find a new nominee before the July 27 deadline to put a name on the ballot. Platner denies the allegations.
The Maine Democratic Party will hold a convention on July 25 where 601 delegates will choose that nominee. That candidate will need to capitalize on the enthusiasm Platner generated to defeat Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
An unstoppable incumbent or a top pick-up opportunity?
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, leans down to listen to a young paradegoer at the annual Moxie Day Parade is Lisbon, Maine on July 11.
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Collins remained quiet at the end of Platner’s campaign but at the annual Moxie Day parade Saturday in Lisbon, Maine, she walked with volunteers in red shirts.
“People appreciate the fact that I provide steady leadership — and the word steady does come up a lot,” Collins said at the parade, “and that I continue to work really hard for Maine.”
Collins has represented Maine in the Senate since 1997. She has managed to stay in her seat even as Maine has voted for Democrats for president statewide, including in 2020 when the state voted for Joe Biden. Collins last won reelection that year with a comfortable margin — more than 8.5%.
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Democrats see Maine as pivotal to their chances to retake the Senate. Platner’s departure from the race puts pressure on the party to choose a replacement candidate who can win over Platner’s loyal voters and appeal to independents who are key to Collins’ electoral success. Maine state Senate President Mattie Daughtry, a Democrat, is encouraged to see many of the candidates running on Platner’s progressive platform of transformational change. But she’s worried about voters being turned off by the process.
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“I do have that deep seated concern of how many folks are going to say ‘oh well, this man failed me. Why trust someone ever again?’” Daughtry said.
Daughtry did not endorse Platner and she quickly called on him to drop out of the race after the rape allegations surfaced. Still, she thinks his message resonated.
“I ran for office when I was 25 because I was really really angry. I was working 4 jobs. I couldn’t afford an apartment and I had no healthcare. And unfortunately that story has not changed and it is a lived reality for millions of us across this country,” Daughtry said.
“And we need to find who can pick up that mantle. Who understands what that life is like and really tap into that raw energy,” she added.
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Supporters weigh what’s next
Just one month ago, Alan Crichton was playing saxophone at Graham Platner’s primary night victory party. At a brewery in Belfast, Maine this weekend, he noted his ambivalence.
“I have so many mixed feelings. I like the guy. I like his message a great deal and I think he galvanized people who are just kind of sick of what’s happening,” Crichton said.
Now, though, Crichton calls the situation “a big old mess.” As a Democrat, he hoped the charismatic populist Platner would be the one to finally knock out Collins. Though, at this point, he’ll vote for whoever the Maine Democratic party selects.
“I hope it’s somebody who can kind of carry the torch that Graham kind of lit and held out there very strongly. He was a very inspiring guy,” he said.
Joseph Berube of Northport, Maine, gave up on politics in 1972 after Democrat George McGovern lost the race for president in a landslide. This year, though, he got excited about Graham Platner’s candidacy for U.S. Senate.
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Joseph Berube is an independent voter who lives in Northport, Maine. After decades disengaged from politics, Graham Platner sparked something in him he could hardly believe.
“Because I am so apolitical,” Berube said, “I want nothing to do with it. [But] I was actually considering giving money to his campaign.”
Charlotte Agell is on the opposite end of the engagement spectrum. A registered Democrat, she is very politically involved and has been for decades. She met Platner early on in his campaign.
“One of our neighbors said, ‘hey would you like to come to my backyard and meet Graham Platner?’ I had sort of heard of him,” she remembered. “When I went to that back yard event, I just by happenstance walked in with him. It was me and Graham Platner walking in.”
By the time that event ended, she had signed up to volunteer for his campaign.
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“I felt a kinship with everything that was coming out of his mouth basically. Very smart. Good at identifying the problem,” Agell said.
Core to Platner’s economic populist message was that the system has been failing regular people while the rich and powerful get more rich and more powerful. He had faced controversies throughout his campaign. He easily won the nomination anyway. But then came the rape allegation. Berube believes the rush to judgment was too swift.
“I agree with women’s rights and women shouldn’t be abused,” he said. “But to have one person come up and stand up and say, ‘he abused me,’ and then that’s it? It’s just not really fair to him.””I just think they didn’t want him,” Berube added.
Berube says Democrats chopped the legs out from under someone who had brought people back into politics.
“He was bringing in people like me and that’s what’s going to do this. And you know what, we’re in the middle of a war to save this country,” Berube said. “And we have the other side that’s fighting with the gloves off and we’re putting the gloves on. We’re in trouble.”
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Charlotte Agell has been processing it all a little differently. Agell admits to being a chronic optimist but says this was never about one man.
“You know, we’re not a cult. We’re just a movement that wants to take back this country for the middle and the working class,” she said.
Agell wants to believe this massive disruption won’t sap the momentum for change she felt.
“It’s really been like a rocket ship. We’ve all been on it. And that’s why, when these very serious things have been alleged and rightly he has dropped out of the race, we’re kinda still flying at 90 million miles an hour and saying ‘who can take the controls’ and we’re going to figure that out,” Agell said.
State Senator Chip Curry says the state party is doing the best it can with a tight timeline.
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“It’s a winnable race and we’ve got some great people. We’ve got to get there,” Curry said.
There are more than half a dozen announced candidates. And for Democrats the stakes couldn’t be higher. No clear frontrunner has emerged from the candidates who have put themselves forward to be considered. It’s also not clear if one candidate can capitalize on the momentum that Platner was building in Maine. Still, some are remaining optimistic.
“People are going to grumble. I’ve grumbled a little bit. But I think we’ll get through this,” Senate hopeful David Costello predicted. “I think whoever the nominee is will have tremendous support.”
The National Weather Service is predicting a scorcher for parts of western and northern Maine on Tuesday, with the possibility of thunderstorms, high winds and hail.
“The heat and humidity is going to supply energy to the atmosphere,” said meteorologist Hunter Tubbs on Monday. “That energy is going to clash with a cold front expected to come down from Canada tomorrow night. That clash has the potential to produce severe storms.”
The evening storms could bring large hail up to 2 inches in diameter and heavy thunderstorms, but severe winds are likely to cause the most damage, forecasters say. There is a low possibility oftornadoes, according to the severe weather bulletin.
The areas at most risk include Maine’s western mountains and the northern part of Maine, from its northern foothills up to the Canadian border, Tubbs said. There is some risk of severe storms in the south, but not as much, he said.
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Heat and humidity are expected to peak Tuesday, Tubbs said, with heat indices climbing into the upper 90s in cities like Augusta, Lewiston and Waterville. The heat index temperature — or how hot it feels when combining heat and humidity — is predicted to hit 104 in Fryeburg.
The humidity will ease Wednesday, Tubbs said, but the heat will linger into Thursday with highs in the low 90s. By Thursday evening, a gradual cooling trend will emerge that is likely to last into the weekend.
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Shriners cruise along Main Street during Kennebunk’s annual May Day Festival parade. (Carl D. Walsh/Staff Photographer)
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CiderFeast happens at Oxbow Blending & Bottling in Portland.
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” data-image-caption=”<p>Griffin William Sherry at the Back Cove Music and Arts Festival at Payson Park on Aug. 2, 2025. Sherry will be playing at the All Roads Music Festival in May. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer)
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Griffin William Sherry at the Back Cove Music and Arts Festival at Payson Park on Aug. 2, 2025. Sherry will be playing at the All Roads Music Festival in May. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer)
