2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (222+ words) Former state legislator Garrett Mason is making a second attempt to become Maine's next governor. Mason will become the 12th Republican candidate in the race and one with connections to the state's evangelical electorate. Mason was 25-years old when first elected…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (238+ words) As Venezuelan president Nicol's'Maduro made his first court appearance in New York Monday, many in the country's global diaspora are celebrating his ouster. Yasmielen Beatswine, a former journalist, fled Venezuela nine years ago, she said, after her reporting on the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (687+ words) For about 20 years, Americans interested in improving energy efficiency in their homes could lean on a federal income tax break to help pay for insulation, new windows, and other improvements. That benefit was eliminated as part of President Donald Trump's…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (174+ words) Maine's wood product manufacturing sales increased by 45% in a five-year period. That's according to a report published in October from the Maine Forest Products Council on the economic contribution of the state's forest products sector from 2019 to 2024. Executive director Krysta…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (720+ words) Shopping malls, once the commercial hubs of the holiday season, are in decline. It's a trend that's playing out in communities across the country, as measured by the disappearance of shoppers and storefronts. In Bangor, it has'also meant a rise…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (296+ words) The economic divide between the greater Portland area and the rest of Maine has nearly doubled over the last 20 years, according to a new report from the Maine Center for Economic Policy. The gross domestic product for the Portland metropolitan…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (934+ words) Maine's small Christmas Tree growers say their sales are up this season, despite an exceptionally wet spring, a severe drought, and tariffs that have made it a tough year for many farmers. Nora Saks visited a tree grower near Skowhegan,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (719+ words) It's a cold November evening, but in the Downeast town of Milbridge, a small group of women have ventured out to a menopause support group. They're here to share things they don't always feel they can elsewhere. "It was just…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (355+ words) Maine timber companies are in line to receive substantial incentives to manage forests and grow healthier, more valuable trees. A $32 million award to the New England Forestry Foundation was recently finalized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The funding package, through…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (269+ words) The Maine Public Utilities Commission has approved a significant expansion to the state's low income assistance program (LIAP) for electric customers. "I think this is a very significant step forward in making this program work more efficiently, and expanding it,…...