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Maine Community Foundation offers grants for broadband access
July 19, 2018The Maine Community Foundation has launched a grant program that will provide awards of up to $15,000 for Maine communities and nonprofit organizations to increase broadband internet access.
July 19, 2018
Redzone announces its broadband expansion plan for 2018
March 30, 2018Redzone Wireless LLC, a Rockland-based 5G wireless broadband company begun a 2018 network expansion to further extend broadband services into 13 rural and underserved markets across Maine.
March 30, 2018
Cranberry Isles' $1.3M broadband initiative seen as a model for Maine
March 27, 2018The town of Cranberry Isles has received a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development Community Facilities Program for construction of its broadband network.
March 27, 2018
Maine Public CEO Mark Vogelzang charts a new course for the public broadcaster
February 19, 2018On a Saturday morning in January, it's Falmouth High School in blue versus St. Dominic in black, in a high-stakes brain-power competition. They're duking it out on “High School Quiz Show: Maine” at Maine Public Television studios.
February 19, 2018
Commercial drone use is taking off, as more Maine companies use them on the job
February 19, 2018The “bomb cyclone” that hit the Northeast last October resulted in tens of thousands of power outages.
February 19, 2018
Gaps in high-speed internet coverage hurting rural Maine
February 19, 2018Nearly 100 Franklin County residents gathered in Farmington on a recent cold night, some from more than 50 miles away, to hear the results of a study about how the county can increase rural broadband.
February 19, 2018Maine joins federal lawsuit to stop rollback of net neutrality
January 17, 2018A month after the Federal Communications Commission voted to scrap net neutrality rules, 22 states, including Maine, are fighting back in court.
January 17, 2018FairPoint rebranding in the works as new owner upgrades service
January 16, 2018Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc., the Mattoon, Illinois-based company that bought FairPoint Communications last summer in an all-stock transaction valued at $1.3 billion, plans to discard the old name and upgrade service to northern New
January 16, 2018AARP Maine to expand presence at State House
January 15, 2018AARP Maine will be at the State House every Tuesday during the current legislative session to support its agenda, which includes a focus on support for family caregivers, affordable housing, protection of home and community-based services and
January 15, 2018'Tales & Ales' networking series honored by Realize Maine
December 27, 2017The Tales & Ales entrepreneur networking program was named “Project of the Year” by the Realize Maine Network, which brings together young Maine professionals.
December 27, 2017Baileyville and Calais to establish state’s first internet utility
September 26, 2017As part of Calais and Baileyville's effort to attract residents and businesses, the two municipalities have agreed to form the state's first interlocal fiber optic internet utility.
September 26, 2017
King outlines road map for closing Maine's rural digital divide
August 30, 2017U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, took Tuesday's launch of Ellsworth's Open Access Fiber Optic Network as an opportunity to highlight a policy road map with several proposals for closing rural Maine's digital divide.
August 30, 2017Strong joins Franklin County high-speed internet initiative
August 24, 2017Selectmen in the town of Strong agreed to help finance the Franklin County Broadband Initiative study, which in May received a grant for $43,000 from the state to pay for a six-month review of broadband access in the county.
August 24, 2017FairPoint seeks to end regulated service in five more communities
August 9, 2017FairPoint Communications is moving forward on ending regulated landline service for new customers in five more communities.
August 9, 2017
Belfast receives grant to evaluate and plan for broadband internet
August 3, 2017ConnectME Authority has selected the city of Belfast to receive a $15,000 Community Broadband Planning Grant for the purpose of creating a community technology plan.
August 3, 2017OTT’s project boosts rural Penobscot County town’s broadband
July 31, 2017Maine-based OTT Communications, a division of Otelco Inc., won a ConnectME Authority matching grant that will allow the company to provide high-speed fiber optic broadband service to unserved residents of the Penobscot County town of Alton.
July 31, 2017
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