Today is National Lobster Day! Start your day off by reading a brief history of lobster, or go treat yourself to a lobster roll for lunch this afternoon - my favorite so far has been from Highroller Lobster Co.

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Today’s Forecast

🌥️ Partly Cloudy | 68° | Sunset: 6:32 PM

Events This Week

Monday, September 25 | 🌥️ | 68°

• Game Time Trivia @ Austin Street | Austin Street Brewery | Portland, ME | 6:00 PM | Voted best trivia night in Maine & NH for 9 years

• Open Pickleball Play @ Beach Street Courts | 90 Beach St | Saco, ME | 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Open play every Monday / Tuesday at Saco Pickleball

Tuesday, September 26 | 🌥️ | 68°

• Daniel Champagne | One Longfellow Square | Portland, ME | 7:00 PM | Australian musician Daniel Champagne

• Josh Taerk @ Junction Bowl | Junction Bowl | Gorham, ME | 5:00 PM | Josh Taerk's Wide Open Spaces Tour rocks Junction Bowl in Gorham ME.

• Country Roads @ The Cumberland Fair | Cumberland Fairgrounds | Cumberland, ME | 4:00 PM | Country Roads delivers a top-notch 1.5-hour modern country hit performance.

Wednesday, September 27 | 🌤️ | 65°

• Blippi The Musical | Merrill Auditorium | Portland, ME | 6:00 PM | Two-act comedy about a boy named Blippi who loves to play in the world while taking his viewers along for the ride

• Andi Fawcett - @ $3 Deweys | Three Dollar Deweys | Portland, ME | 7:00 PM | Maine singer/songwriter Andi Fawcett performs live at Three Dollar Deweys!

Thursday, September 28 | 🌤️ | 68°

• Ben Folds | State Theatre | Portland, ME | 8:00 PM | Ben Folds concert at State Theatre this Thursday

• Ols Presents: Micromassé At Congress Square Park | One Longfellow Square | Portland, ME | 6:00 PM | Free community concert at Congress Square Park featuring Micromassé.

Friday, September 29 | 🌤️ | 69°

• Pumpkin Fest Weekend | Bar Harbor / Oceanside KOA Holiday | Bar Harbor, ME | Sep 29 - Oct 1| Fall event with eery activities

• Django By The Sea Festival 2023 | The Dance Hall | Kittery, ME | Sep 29 - Oct 1 | Gypsy Jazz Festival featuring talented musicians and tribute performances.

• Stop Making Sense (9/29 - 10/12) | Eveningstar Cinema | Brunswick, ME | 1:30 PM | Jonathan Demme's concert film captures Talking Heads' energetic and artistic performance

News

🌎 General

• Watch NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid probe approach Earth tonight with free telescope livestream - Space.com | See More

• The 10 cities where home prices are falling the most - Business Insider | See More

• Fifty years ago the energy crisis officially began, and it hasn’t ended | See More

🦞 Local

• 151st Cumberland County Fair kicks off this week | See More

• Common Ground Country Fair celebrates organic farming as Maine's fall harvest arrives | See More