Maine approves $104M expansion project for Sugarloaf ski area
A big expansion that would add new ski trails, a lift and hundreds of units of housing at the Sugarloaf
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Plan for 10 Blue Hill duplexes downtown could ease area housing crunch
A local developer looking to give professionals a place to live on the Blue Hill Peninsula has a proposal to
Read moreCMP-backed campaign seeks referendum against consumer-ownership
This story appears through a media partnership with Maine Public. A referendum campaign backed by the parent company of Central
Read moreMaine’s middle class is shrinking
Fewer Mainers are middle class than 50 years ago, exacerbating the income gap in the state’s metropolitan areas where costs
Read moreParis struggling to hire 2 firefighters
Selectmen are told that Norway Paris Solid Waste is not accepting brush, including Christmas trees.Read More
Read moreStrike averted? Workers at the Woodland Pulp mill reach a deal.
This story appears through a media partnership with Maine Public. Workers at the Woodland Pulp mill in Baileyville reached a
Read moreMaine minimum wage will rise to $13.80 in 2023
Minimum wage earners will see a pay increase and employers will have to pay departing employees for unused vacation time
Read moreMade in Maine: Coffin and Daughter Lettercutting in Belfast
Across the country, barely three dozen others can boast the expertise Coffin and his daughter Sigrid Coffin have. Read More
Read more$6.5 million for tri-county health care providers included in federal spending bill
Maine’s congressional delegation secured millions of dollars in federal funding for more than 200 Maine-based projects and organizations, including $4
Read moreReferendum signatures submitted
AUGUSTA- The No Blank Checks campaign submitted over 93,000 signatures to the Maine Secretary of State today. The signatures are
Read moreGardiner hires new economic development director
Melissa Lindley, who has served as Gardiner Main Street’s executive director since 2019, begins her new job with the city
Read moreBelfast gets $1.5 million for new public safety headquarters
Belfast was awarded $1.5 million in federal funding to build a public safety headquarters that will combine its police, fire
Read moreMaine’s last 2 Sears Hometown stores are closing
This story will be updated. The Farmington and Caribou Sears Hometown stores — the only two of the chain left
Read moreGreat Cranberry Island’s general store destroyed in fire
GREAT CRANBERRY ISLAND– It’s a terrible loss for residents of Great Cranberry Island. The Great Cranberry Island General Store &
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