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Justice advocate, nonprofit leader Nan Heald remembered as 'Maine hero'
Updated: January 24, 2022Heald, who served as executive director of Pine Tree Legal Assistance for many years, is remembered for her devotion to helping others.
Updated: January 24, 2022
MEREDA 2022: Maine House speaker urges action on statewide affordable housing 'crisis'
Updated: January 21, 2022The keynote speaker at the annual real estate conference told attendees that Maine's statewide housing crunch cannot be solved by lawmakers alone.
Updated: January 21, 2022
On the Record: Longtime sportscaster branches into athlete branding
Updated: January 24, 2022Greg Glynn is putting his personal and professional experience to work with his recent founding of an Augusta-based marketing, public relations and broadcasting company, Pliable.
Updated: January 24, 2022
MEREDA 2022: Maine real estate forecasters take center stage at Portland event
Updated: January 20, 2022The 2022 edition of the annual event is taking place all day Thursday at the Cross Insurance Arena and online.
Updated: January 20, 2022
Maine's new broadband leader says better internet access will be economic growth tool
Updated: January 19, 2022Andrew Butcher, president of the newly created Maine Connectivity Authority, sees universal internet access as a crucial tool to improve the state's economy.
Updated: January 19, 2022
10 Maine ag businesses to share $2M in USDA grants
January 13, 2022A total of $2,027,149 in funding has been awarded to 10 Maine agribusinesses and farms through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Value-Added Producer Grant Program.
January 13, 2022
Lower prescription drug prices, better broadband access top AARP Maine legislative wish list
January 12, 2022As Maine state lawmakers get back to work in Augusta, AARP Maine released its 2022 legislative wish list.
January 12, 2022
Stonyfield co-founder starts effort to help organic dairy farms
January 12, 2022Stonyfield co-founder Gary Hirshberg started a partnership to help organic dairy farms that are at risk after the loss of key contracts.
January 12, 2022
Small arts projects in Maine the focus of $150,000 in fed funding
January 11, 2022Nine Maine creative economy endeavors by organizations from Portland Stage Co. Inc. to the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Newcastle have been awarded $150,000 in federal funding.
January 11, 2022
Maine will provide $3.5M to help seniors, disabled people pay property tax bills
Updated: January 7, 2022In a surging real estate market, the goal is to allow vulnerable community members to age in place and ensure property taxes are still delivered to municipalities.
Updated: January 7, 2022
Maine will have a say in lobstermen’s lawsuit to stop new federal rules
Updated: January 3, 2022The Mills administration called the federal government’s plan “burdensome” and lacking a basis in sound science, and said it will nearly wipe out Maine’s lobster industry.
Updated: January 3, 2022
Maine direct care workers to receive raise starting next week
December 30, 2021Pay increases hinge on a plan to hike MaineCare payment rates for 225 nursing and residential care facilities across Maine, including home- and community-based care, behavioral health, and long-term residential care settings.
December 30, 2021
Counting Maine lobsters? There’s an app for that
Updated: December 27, 2021All lobster harvesters will be required to report landings in 2023, up from a fraction today. Better data is expected to ensure informed decisions around issues that impact fishermen, like whale regulations and offshore wind development.
Updated: December 27, 2021
Bar Harbor council girds up legally as it prepares to cut cruise ship visits
December 23, 2021The proposal would eliminate visits from cruise ships with a capacity of 3,000 passengers or more. September and October see the highest number of large ships. “It really is relentless,” said one councilor.
December 23, 2021
Maine to get $245M to maintain and build roads, highways and bridges
December 21, 2021The funding addresses a backlog of repairs on more than 1,438 miles of Maine highways in poor condition and 315 bridges considered to be “structurally deficient.”
December 21, 2021Maine receives $68.4M for water upgrades, stopping 'forever chemicals'
December 16, 2021The state will use the money to improve wastewater treatment and to prevent pollution in drinking water by lead, arsenic and per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances.
December 16, 2021
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