2 weeks ago

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

Gov.

2 weeks ago

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

WASHINGTON, D.

2 weeks ago

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.

2 weeks ago

Gordon Contracting grows through serving the community

SANGERVILLE — Since taking on the role of the president/CEO of a Pittsfield-based construction company dating back to 1946, moving the firm to Sangerville and changing the name to Gordon Contracting Inc.

2 weeks ago

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.

2 weeks ago

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.

2 weeks ago

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.

2 weeks ago

Great American Outdoors Act a bill worth celebrating

On July 22, the U.

3 weeks ago

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.

3 weeks ago

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.

3 weeks ago

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

WASHINGTON, D.

3 weeks ago

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.

3 weeks ago

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.

3 weeks ago

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.

4 weeks ago

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.

4 weeks ago

In countersuit, owners of shuttered Hampden waste plant blame problems on contractor

The owners of the recently shuttered Hampden waste plant are blaming many of its financial problems on a contractor that staffed and ran the facility, arguing in court documents that the contractor hired and then poorly supervised unqualified workers at the plant.

4 weeks ago

County residents favor sheriff’s building purchase referendum question  

Thanks to  to the generosity of the Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union, Piscataquis County officials will not need to take out a $145,000 bond for the purchase of the former Key Bank building at 2 Hudson Avenue in downtown Guilford to become the new home of the patrol and investigation divisions of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office.

4 weeks ago

Economic recovery panel asks Janet Mills for $1.1B to stabilize Maine economy

The committee charged with recommending urgent measures to stabilize and support Maine’s economy amid the coronavirus pandemic recommended the state provide $1.