16 hours ago

Department of Education to release statewide survey to inform framework for returning to classroom instruction

The Maine Department of Education continues to work with educators and health experts from across the state to develop health markers and corresponding plans to ensure the safe return to classroom instruction.

18 hours ago

Northern Light Health board elects new chair, vice chair

BREWER — Kathy Corey has been elected as the next chair of the Northern Light Health Board of Directors.

19 hours ago

ATV registrations now required for 2020-21  

ATV owners must now register or renew registrations for 2020-21.

1 day ago

Most waste meant for shuttered Hampden plant will temporarily go to Orrington incinerator

The 115 towns that have been sending their trash to landfills over the past month since the closure of a new waste processing plant in Hampden will instead temporarily send three-quarters of their trash to the incinerator that accepted the towns’ waste until 2018.

3 days ago

Benefactor to cover $145K purchase cost for sheriff’s building 

MILO — When county residents head to the polls on Tuesday, July 14 they will be voting on a pair of state bond questions, political party primaries when applicable and a question concerning a bond to purchase the former Key Bank building in downtown Guilford to be the new home of the sheriff’s office patrol and investigation divisions.

3 days ago

Takeoff and landing competition a boost for pilots and a small airfield in Dover-Foxcroft

Saturday’s fly-in at the Charles A Chase Jr.

4 days ago

U.S. Sens. Collins, King announce $400,000 for Eastern Maine Development Corporation  

WASHINGTON, D.

7 days ago

Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis seeks donations for online auction  

DOVER-FOXCROFT — This summer the Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis annual auction will take place online in July at the annual Dover-Foxcroft Kiwanis Auction Facebook page.

7 days ago

BIW strike won’t affect delivery of machines to Puritan

A strike at Bath Iron Works won’t affect the company’s delivery of machines needed to ramp up production of specialized swabs used for tests for the new coronavirus, officials say.

7 days ago

Center Theatre and ice arena create makeshift Dover-Foxcroft drive-in

DOVER-FOXCROFT — Two Dover-Foxcroft nonprofits that have been closed since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic — the Center Theatre and Piscataquis County Ice Arena — are bringing drive-in movies to the Piscataquis County seat.

7 days ago

Libra’s infusion of talent and money helps set small Maine town back on its feet

It’s a familiar story for Maine — a once-thriving manufacturing town suddenly in search of a new identity.

2 weeks ago

Northern Light Health sets plan toward building a strong future for social and medical justice

Recently Northern Light Health leadership announced their systemwide plan to eliminate racism and other forms of discrimination and promote a strong future for social and medical justice.

2 weeks ago

Coronavirus cases are in the single digits in 12 counties, but the risk is still there

Twelve of Maine’s 16 counties are now reporting fewer than 10 active cases of the virus, including three -- Piscataquis, Aroostook and Washington counties -- with zero. The prevalence of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, also seems to finally be dropping in more heavily populated southern Maine counties even as the state has ramped up testing in recent weeks. 

2 weeks ago

New health center opens in Monson after years of limited medical care

While creating an arts community along the shore of Lake Hebron has been at the heart of the Libra Foundation’s efforts to revitalize the Monson area, a newly developed health center should serve as an equally important development for the town’s 680 residents. The Monson Health Center, located in the town’s former elementary school, already is home to primary care services for patients of all ages through Northern Light Health, which opened last week.

2 weeks ago

Drive-in movies coming to Dover-Foxcroft 

The Center Theatre and Piscataquis County Ice Arena announced that they are partnering to bring a temporary drive-in movie theater to Dover-Foxcroft. The drive-in, which will be in the ice arena parking lot, is scheduled to show its first movie (“Wonder Woman”) on Friday, June 19 and Saturday, June 20. There will be one showing per night starting at 9. Currently the drive-in is scheduled to show movies for four weeks, but that may be extended depending on demand.

3 weeks ago

Maine doesn’t want 115 towns landfilling their waste if Hampden facility stays closed

State environmental officials are looking for a way for 115 communities now sending their trash to landfills after the recent closure of a Hampden waste plant to instead send it to an Orrington facility that burns waste to create electricity. 

3 weeks ago

‘A Safe Return to Business Zoom Conference Series’ offered by Northern Light Health 

Our plan is to host our Zoom conference series through the summer, every Thursday from 11 a.m. to noon. Each week we will have focused topics based on what we’re hearing from our communities. Our experts in the fields of medicine, infection prevention, human resources, mental health and more offer guidance, tools and materials so people can leave the session and apply to their situation.

3 weeks ago

Document signing in downtown Greenville signifies waterfront park is one step closer to reality

On the morning of June 12, the long-awaited project for creating a waterfront park at the beginning of Lakeview Street in Greenville has come closer to completion with the signing of documents between landowner EJ Richardson and Steve Levesque, president and executive director of the Moosehead Lake Region Economic Development Corporation (MLREDC), which spearheaded this ambitious project for the people of Greenville and those that visit this beautiful part of the world.