The Maine Department of Environmental Protection recently issued a letter of warning designed to recoup wetlands protections lost in a regulatory oversight more than 20…
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John and Christine Callahan were a little skeptical when they first heard that state incentives for a heat pump could cut down the heating bill for their single-wide…
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In the depths of the pandemic, my mom called me about an online happiness course she was taking. She told me about the simple ways she was learning to increase the…
Over the past five years, the attorney general’s office, with Aaron Frey at the helm, has secured for Maine more than $260 million in settlements with major…
Washington County used to complete its audits in less than a year. But in 2020, county officials grew frustrated as they realized their auditor was taking much longer…
Federal tax incentives for clean energy upgrades are going away at the end of this year, cutting into potential savings on rooftop solar, heat pumps and more.
In…
The dirt roads in the northern corner of Oxford County froze early this year, marking the unofficial start of the winter logging season in Maine.
The…
The elected body that represents professors at the University of Maine in Orono received an anonymous email on Aug. 11.
The email to the Faculty Senate, which…
The University of Maine recently asked all of its colleges and other divisions to shave their budgets by 7 percent to address an $18 million budget shortfall projected…
During its first term and again this year, the Trump administration has repeatedly emphasized its commitment to cleaning up America’s toxic waste sites and addressing…
Michelle Surdoval’s husband took medication in August to end his life under Maine’s Death with Dignity law. He had been diagnosed with cancer. Two weeks of treatment…
As more Maine kids are homeschooled, more are also attending religious co-ops to connect with others
Angelica Larrabee didn’t plan on becoming a homeschooling parent. She had gone to school in the same Midcoast district where she was raising her kids, and she…
ABBA Women’s Choice in Portland looks like a typical medical office at first glance. On an April afternoon, Executive Director Jenny Pratt opened the door, revealing a…
Republicans who campaigned on restricting transgender rights …
As the Trump administration works to dismantle renewable energy initiatives and boost oil, coal and natural gas, states such as Maine with aggressive climate…
Megan Harrigan hurried around the Union Street Brick Church in Bangor in September, gathering clients and bringing them to the back corner of the church where there was…
The Maine State Library staff has canceled a meeting set for Tuesday, Dec. 2, as the system awaits legal guidance from the Office of the Maine Attorney General on…
Local governments across Maine have received just over $22 million in opioid settlement funds from pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the overdose epidemic,…
Linda Cousins had already picked her Medicare plan when she qualified last year, but then she received a call from a woman claiming to be from the insurance company.…
The frontline of Maine’s battle against the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid is concentrated in the Midcoast, where the tiny insect is wreaking havoc on its namesake…
When Malcolm Bedell opened Honey’s Fried Chicken Palace in Thomaston last year, he had dreams of bringing the restaurant to locations across the state.
But one…
There’s already a Democratic primary race underway for the seat Rep. Jared Golden …
AUGUSTA — The Maine Library Commission voted unanimously Monday to postpone its vote to adopt a new agreement …
standards will impact several midcoast libraries
The Maine Library Commission is expected to consider a proposal Monday that would require public libraries to sign an agreement so they can maintain access to…
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On an October 18 trip to Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal, I noticed something about the forest canopy overhead: The red, orange and yellow …
As far as Kelly Smith is aware, there are no transgender athletes competing on sports teams in the Augusta school district. She’s running for the school board to help…
Maine schools, churches see growing interest in Turning Point USA after Charlie Kirk’s assassination
One idea seemed to be on everybody’s mind during the Cumberland County Republican Committee’s Friends of Charlie Kirk event on Oct. 21: revival.
Roughly 200…
Maine Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins are often split on issues — after all, she’s a Republican and he’s an independent who usually votes with Democrats.
But…
Maine’s shortage of affordable housing has led to calls to aggressively build new homes and apartments: up to 84,000 more by 2030, according to a 2023…
Mainers will see two big questions on the ballot this year: one about election procedures, and one about a potential red flag law.
Maine citizens can put…
Maine, once a national competitor in student achievement, now sits at or below the national average for standardized test performance.
While scores nationwide…
Maine’s test scores on a national standardized test have taken a staggering tumble since the 2000s, when Maine was hailed as one of the higher-performing states in the…
Maine is required to arrange visits between parents and children within seven days after the state removes children from their homes due to concerns about abuse or…
Some civil rights advocates are worried that Question 1 on next month’s referendum ballot could block incarcerated people’s right to vote.
The coalition Voter ID…
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Most Maine homes and small businesses can expect the cost of their electricity supply to go up in January.
Nine out of 10 Maine homes receive their electricity…
Maine is grappling with such a shortage of dentists that some doctors are adapting to treat early tooth decay themselves.
Most children in Maine don’t get an…
Sen. Bernie Sanders is warning Maine Gov. Janet Mills to keep out of the state’s midterm Senate race, while backing Graham Platner, an oyster farmer and veteran who…
The first time Sam Cheeney saw a green crab was in the early 2000s, as part of an ecology class at the University of Maine at Machias.
He and his classmates…
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At Neighbor’s Cupboard in Winterport, funding cuts aren’t the biggest challenge.
Phylis Allen spends her days looking for things. She searches for potatoes at Sam’s Club, cheap beets and ginger at Walmart and a local grocery store. She studies the…
When a campfire jumped its ring near a remote northern Maine lake last month, it took Maine Forest Rangers five days of …
The Maine State Police reviewed nearly three dozen complaints about troopers who used physical force in the past decade. Not once did the agency determine the force was…
The day he took office, President Donald Trump issued a …
In Technology Director Mike Arsenault’s office at the Yarmouth School Department, papers and boxes sat on his desk — some of it swag from the tech company MagicSchool,…
The training facility of the Maine Space Corporation, the quasi-governmental agency tasked with building the infrastructure for the state’s nascent space industry, sits…
St. George Municipal School District superintendent Mike Felton thought long and hard about opting into a Maine Department of Education program to have public school…
Waldo County officials are struggling to explain their use of public funds as locals have begun questioning oddities in the county commission’s records.
Missing…
Selma, an asylum seeker from Angola, moved to Texas at the start of the pandemic and then to Maine in January 2022. She fears persecution if she returns because of a…
Jane* was the breadwinner of the family, but her husband obsessively monitored their finances. Every week, he made her present a ledger of their income and expenses. If…
