In this Aug. 17, 2023, file photo, Maine's Gage Rioux, left, gets the force out on Seattle's Calvin Shumway, right, during the second inning of a baseball game at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/08/28/sports/youth-sports/gray-little-league-world-series-celebration/

Maine's largest newspaper chain is now part of a nonprofit and it's thrilled: 'I worked lots of days in the newspaper businessfortune.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/9c2a8a132b30b67a?ref=ff

Nirav Shah, director of Maine's Center for Disease Control and Prevention, will be second in command at the U.S. CDC starting next month.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/02/03/dr-shah-to-attend-state-of-the-union-as-he-prepares-for-new-federal-role/

Oscar Stanton, left, and Tate Graham, fifth graders at Loranger Memorial School, led an effort to designate the Pink-edged Sulphur as Maine's state butterfly.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/05/29/maine-has-a-state-butterfly-thanks-to-two-inquisitive-fifth-graders/

Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat from Maine's 2nd District, speaks to a supporter on Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, at the State House in Augusta.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/07/22/politics/jared-golden-criticizes-democrat-no-labels-3rd-party-movement-joam40zk0w/

University of Southern Maine theatre professor emeritus Tom Power (left) poses for pictures with former student, actor Tony Shalhoub, speaks at a press conference on the University of Southern Maine's Portland campus on Thursday, Jan.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/01/26/news/portland/usms-most-famous-alumni-donates-new-arts-center-xoasq1i29i/

U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine's 2nd District listens to lobstermen speak at a rally on the Portland waterfront on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/10/16/politics/jared-golden-house-speaker-gop/