Festival will celebrate Aroostook’s bountiful potato
FORT FAIRFIELD, Maine — A full week of celebrating northern Maine agriculture is almost here as Fort Fairfield prepares to
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Healthy Acadia’s Downeast Gleaning Initiative seeks volunteers
Healthy Acadia is calling for volunteers to join their Downeast Gleaning Initiative, offering an enriching learning experience for individuals of
Read MorePenobscot County raises wages for 911 dispatchers to fight employee shortage
The Penobscot County Commission approved a $2 an hour raise for the county’s 911 dispatchers to retain and attract new
Read MoreMaine will hire more judges and clerks to address court backlog
The court system will be able to begin addressing the huge backlog of pending cases once the Legislature completes its
Read MoreWorcester Resources hit with nearly $24K in fines
Worcester Resources has been fined nearly $24,000 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for two recent reporting violations, the
Read MoreSearsport using art walk to bring more people downtown
In the small midcoast town of Searsport, business owners and community leaders are turning to art as the next step
Read MoreHow Bar Harbor manages a crush of people on July 4th
Since 2020, when Bar Harbor’s popular Independence Day celebrations were canceled due to COVID, the town’s annual parade and fireworks celebrations
Read MoreRockland UPS workers practice picketing as deadline for contract nears
Holding signs, marching and chanting call and repeat messages, nearly three dozen workers and union representatives picketed in front of the
Read MoreFigure sketching meets beer in Portland at this weekly event
PORTLAND, Maine — Sketch, sip, repeat. That’s how it’s done at the Portland Drawing Group’s weekly “Drink & Draw” sessions, held
Read MoreAnodyne Book Shop kicks off Summer Sign and Sip Series with local summertime author Le Brun
SEARSPORT — Anodyne Book Shop in Searsport kicks off their Summer Sign and Sip Series with local summertime author Michelle
Read MoreBangor is finally deciding how to spend $20 million in COVID-relief funding
Bangor city councilors will begin considering whether to give some of the more than $20 million in federal COVID-19 relief
Read MoreAcadian culture is being reborn at this French-language preschool
For a group bent on preserving French in the St. John Valley, a local prekindergarten is more than education. It’s
Read MoreOrono’s library wants to expand with proposed $3.6M in federal funds
Orono’s library wants to expand to include larger spaces for residents and students — plans developed more than two decades
Read MoreHoulton coalition wants to find solutions to overdose deaths
HOULTON, Maine — A significant number of overdoses with several deaths in May has reignited the Link for Hope Coalition
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