6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (744+ words) FORT KENT, Maine — The Upper St. John Valley Recovery High School, the first of its kind in Maine, has officially begun its mission of helping students who are recovering from addiction learn in a drug-free environment. The school, located at…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1384+ words) A restored barn on Bristol Road does not look like the kind of place that can wreck a quick shopping stop, but that is exactly the danger here. Inside, shelves are packed with handmade pottery, beeswax candles, and textiles created…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1734+ words) A good sandwich can tell you plenty about a town, especially when the recipe has survived longer than many of the buildings around it. In Maine, longtime delis and neighborhood markets still carry food traditions that stretch back decades, sometimes…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (570+ words) Nine state legislators are asking the office of the Maine attorney general Monday to provide funding for Penobscot Community Health Care, which needs an immediate $3 million boost to avoid drastically cutting services or declaring bankruptcy. The letter, which state Sen....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (729+ words) White House Border Czar Tom Homan visited Maine’s northern border last week on the same day he promised a state lawmaker that immigration agencies would take “a lot more enforcement action” in the state. White House spokesperson Lauren Bis confirmed…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (555+ words) If you look to the sky above Presque Isle this weekend, you might spot a giant frog or a T. rex or perhaps the preamble to the U.S. Constitution. It’s not a hallucination. It’s the Crown of Maine Balloon Festival. Maine’s largest…...

10+ mon, 4+ day ago   (280+ words) The election of Angela Walker sparked outrage on conservative social media and concern from some Maine Republicans, such as Bobby Charles, a Republican candidate for governor. But Walker, who is not a member of a political party, spoke openly during…...

4+ week, 8+ hour ago   (1725+ words) Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce lost two employees last summer to another agency. Both were lured away by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. As part of an effort to beef up its ranks to meet President Donald Trump’s deportation goals, ICE…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (892+ words) As Maine’s aging population grapples with complex health needs and rural hospitals struggle with workforce shortages, the state is looking for ways to modernize how healthcare services are offered in rural areas. What Maine needs, state officials wrote in a…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (462+ words) William A. Lee III is an attorney representing a number of municipalities, the former chair of the Maine Ethics Commission and a retired adjunct professor in government and administrative science at Colby College. Last year, there was a Republican claim that…...