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Maine trail builders see grants as a path to growth
23+ hour, 45+ min ago (1106+ words) When Jedediah Talbot started his business as a professional trail builder in Maine in 2004, he had a hard time finding work in the state. For five years, he mostly got jobs in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. “It was an uphill…...
Mystery PAC tied to Donald Trump spends big in Maine’s 2nd District race
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (470+ words) A group tied to President Donald Trump’s massive political operation reserved at least $4.4 million in ads in the race between former Gov. Paul LePage and State Auditor Matt Dunlap for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. The reservations first appeared in tracking by…...
Maine family lives without modern amenities to protest environmental destruction
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (1654+ words) “I’m here for all generations, for everyone to have access to water and all beings to have access to water,” Ethan Hughes, a Belfast resident who climbed on the roof with his two daughters, told FOX ABC Maine at the…...
Maine knew for years its ambulance system was collapsing. Then a woman died.
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (1730+ words) Michael Hunter was panicking. When his wife, Rachel Worster Hunter, woke up the morning of Jan. 8, 2025, the 54-year-old couldn’t speak clearly or focus her eyes. Michael recognized that she was suffering from low potassium, something she had long grappled with....
What used to be one of Maine’s smallest universities has seen the biggest increase in students
1+ week, 5+ day ago (675+ words) Preliminary counts for enrollment across Maine’s seven public universities and law school show that student enrollment could exceed 28,000 this school year, continuing an upward trend in enrollment driven by online learners. Officials said the preliminary head count, which happens before…...
Maine power bills could jump over $200 annually as CMP seeks higher profit on grid upgrades
2+ week, 6+ hour ago (608+ words) If state regulators sign off on a request from Central Maine Power, a typical Maine household would pay the company around $18 more each month for electricity distribution. With consumer groups pushing back, the fight over pricing largely turns on one…...
7 Forgotten Maine Mill Towns That Are Quietly Making An Impressive Comeback
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1703+ words) Maine’s old mill towns were built around noise, movement, and long workdays, but many faced an uncertain future when major industries began shrinking. Paper machines slowed, textile jobs disappeared, and familiar downtown routines changed with them. For years, it seemed…...
Maine Regulator OKs 800-MW Onshore Wind Project, 111-Mile Transmission Line
2+ week, 2+ day ago (435+ words) The 42-MW Mars Hill onshore wind project in Aroostook County, Mane, the state's first when it opened in 2007, is set to be joined by an 800-MW addition to state capacity approved by regulators in late August. The high-voltage transmission line…...
This Maine Town Is Officially The Safest In The State And Hardly Anyone Talks About It
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1495+ words) A town can earn Maine’s safest-city ranking and still feel strangely uninterested in showing off. That was the surprise waiting along the Piscataqua River, where quiet roads curved past old homes and broad stretches of water caught the afternoon light....
A small Maine town is pushing back against Poland Spring's water withdrawals
3+ week, 6+ day ago (789+ words) For the fifth time since it received its original permit in 2005, the Poland Spring bottling company is asking the town of Denmark in western Maine to renew a water extraction permit for another five years. Poland Spring wants to continue…...