A mining reform bill backed by the Natural Resources Council of Maine received the green light from a key committee Wednesday, but the action also opened up a rift among environmental advocates, with some arguing that the state should ban large-scale metal mining outright.
A vote for residents to decide the fate of local policing was originally planned for Monday, April 24 but has now been moved to Tuesday June 13, with another public hearing also added.
The U.S. Department of Commerce is moving to level tariffs of up to 24 percent on Canadian lumber imports following decades of complaints from American timber companies who say their northern competitors are unfairly subsidized.
Maine’s Congressional delegation and alumni of the Upward Bound college readiness program are rallying behind the local University of Maine campus in a bid to continue funding for the program despite an unintentional error in preparing its federal grant application.
Golf balls found in hash browns made by the potato processing giant McCain Foods have spurred a recall notice in nine states.
Todd Hedrich has added Kelley’s Laundromat to his statewide network of laundry businesses, modernizing the 60-year-old Summer Street facility.
The communities of Castle Hill, Chapman and Mapleton have found a new town manager, Dave Dionne, the current town manager of Island Falls
The people who were going to door-to-door in Presque Isle Wednesday were legitimate salespeople offering competitive electricity packages, according to the Presque Isle Police Department.
The Community Library is giving baseball-loving kids and their parents a nudge to get reading this summer: a free ticket to a Seadogs game in Portland.
What started as Renee Chalou’s personal health journey almost 10 years ago has evolved into one of the more unique health and wellness businesses in Aroostook County.
