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Maine Department of Education awarded $16.9M for ‘Rethinking Remote Education Ventures’ project

AUGUSTA – The Maine Department of Education (DOE) has been awarded $16.

U.S. Sen. Collins announces nearly $17M to improve Maine K-12 education during pandemic

Nearly $9.5M in COVID-19 financial relief awarded to Maine farmers

Maine eases 50-person limit on gatherings for outdoor spectator events

U.S. Sens. Collins, King announce $10.2M for Maine preparedness programs

Area school officials planning reopening scenarios

With the Maine Department of Education (MDOE) scheduled to release its first round of color designations pertaining to the individual levels of risk for the state’s school districts on Friday, July 31, officials with the region’s education units have been busy making plans for how students return to classes in the fall.

Maine’s courts ask for $14M to safely reopen in September

Maine’s court system needs an additional $14 million so it can safely resume full-time operations and start clearing a backlog of cases that has built up during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the state’s court administrator.

Game wardens, forest rangers team up to rescue hiker in 100-Mile Wilderness

A 33-year-old hiker from Ohio was airlifted from one of the most remote sections of the Appalachian Trail early on Sunday, July 27 after he was experiencing chest pains.

Campfire safety key as wildfire numbers approach 10-year high

As Maine chief forest ranger Bill Hamilton spent a few minutes discussing campfire safety recently, much of the state baked on yet another 80-degree day, and Bangor-area lawns turned brown after weeks of little rain.

Maine schools chief: COVID-19 tests for students could offer ‘false sense of security’

While Maine colleges and universities plan to test many students and staff as they reopen their campuses this fall, the same scale of testing is unlikely in the state’s public schools.

Great American Outdoors Act a bill worth celebrating

On July 22, the U.

5 ways to attract wildlife to your backyard

If you love wildlife and would like to see more of it around your home, you’re in luck.

More trash probably won’t be a money maker for Orrington incinerator

To some, it may have seemed like a win-win situation when a group of more than 100 Maine communities announced early this month that it was planning to send a majority of its household trash to a familiar place: an Orrington facility that burns waste to generate electricity.

Legislation to permanently fund Land and Water Conservation Fund signed into law

Emergency officials looking at study to address communications problems

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The hilly and mountainous geography of Piscataquis County provides much of the region’s natural beauty, but also creates communications issues for area fire and police departments and emergency medical personnel.

Add bright color to yards to benefit Pine Tree Hospice

Pine Tree Hospice wants to “plant” bright pinwheel flowers at your house, or the house of someone you know.

Here’s what Maine officials will have to consider about COVID-19 when reopening schools

Thanks to its relatively low levels of COVID-19 cases, Maine is in a better position than other states to implement safety protocols and send students physically back to schools this fall, public health officials have said.

Maine schools to share up to $165M for COVID-19 safety

As school districts across Maine develop and implement COVID safety plans, they will receive millions of dollars in financial aid from the state through the federal coronavirus relief package.

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