Oxford County inmates to be relocated for a year due to HVAC overhaul
Oxford County is accepting bids for a company to overhaul its jail’s heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, which will
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Presidential yacht is looking for a safer Maine harbor during restoration
The owners of the USS Sequoia, the former presidential yacht that arrived in Belfast for a major stem-to-stern restoration nearly
Read MoreEnvironmentalists want Maine to get gas vehicles off the roads
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine environmental groups want the state to follow California in phasing out the sale of gas-powered cars and
Read MoreBangor denies half of the applications for pandemic relief funding
Bangor cut half of the 60 organizations that asked Bangor for a piece of the city’s more than $20 million
Read MorePenobscot County is distributing its final round of pandemic relief money
With roughly $10 million in unallocated and unspent COVID-19 relief money left to dole out, the Penobscot County Commissioners are
Read MoreMidcoast Maine has been slow to regulate short-term rentals
Short-term rentals listed through companies like Airbnb and VRBO boomed in Maine over the past few years as people looked
Read MoreDover-Foxcroft log home business expands into Aroostook County
HOULTON, Maine — Layoffs at Katahdin Cedar Log Homes and increased consumer interest in building log homes in Aroostook County
Read MoreBangor approves pandemic relief funding for 2 organizations
Bangor approved giving $77,000 in pandemic relief funding to two local organizations — though city councilors discussed six requests —
Read MoreBelfast may start tracking short-term rentals
Maine has experienced a short-term rental boom since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one midcoast community wants to
Read MoreWeeks in the Maine woods are Brewer High School’s answer to absenteeism
It’s a steamy Wednesday afternoon and a cabin deep in the woods near Katahdin Iron Works is humming with activity
Read MoreIt will soon be illegal to sell most fluorescent bulbs in Maine
By 2026, nearly all fluorescent bulbs in Maine will be illegal to sell. The bill to phase out the vast majority
Read MoreMaine had the nation’s largest drop in foreclosures
The number of foreclosure filings in Maine dropped in the first six months of this year compared with the same
Read MoreFederal funds could be last hope for Piscataquis emergency radio overhaul
Congressional funding could be the last hope for an emergency radio overhaul in Piscataquis County. That hope remained alive Thursday
Read MoreBrunswick food pantry reopens for 1st time since 2020
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Monday in Brunswick for the long-awaited reopening of a food pantry. The Mid Coast
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