3 weeks ago
Domestic abuse spurred more than half of Maine homicides in 2025
Maine homicides have been cut in half over the past three years, but the number of domestic abuse killings has steadily increased.
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4 weeks ago
Product of Maine marijuana chain expanding to Aroostook tests positive for pesticides
A chain of Maine medical marijuana dispensaries that is planning to open a location in Presque Isle was subject of the first-ever patient advisory issued by state cannabis regulators last week after products sold in its Waterville store tested positive for pesticides. Strains of five concentrates sold by MarijuanaVille, which operates 12 medical dispensaries mostly […]
1 month ago
Bill to freeze unorganized territory property values meets with resistance from counties
The proposed amendment to LD 382 allows relief for property owners facing uncertain futures.
1 month ago
There’s a new rule for property owners in Maine’s unorganized territories
The numbers of short-term rentals in the unorganized territory have been increasing,
3 months ago
Electricity rates for some Mainers will rise in January
In northern Maine, the average monthly bill for residential and small-business customers using about 550 kilowatt hours a month will go up $16.
5 months ago
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner makes first Aroostook stop
HOULTON, Maine – U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner made his first northern Maine stop in Houlton Saturday, tapping into growing economic frustrations as a way to garner Aroostook County support for his campaign “Down here we live in a world of material reality. Down here Medicare and Medicaid cuts are not numbers on a spreadsheet, […]
6 months ago
Wabanaki elder and fiancee in Canada allege harassment by U.S. border officials
The elder now says he plans to sell his Monson home and permanently leave the U.S. over the treatment by border officials.
7 months ago
Abrupt end to tax credits brings turbulence to Maine’s heat pump and solar industries
The banner across the website of Assured Solar Energy reads like a flash sale. “Secure Your 30% Clean Energy Credit Before It’s Gone!” That’s because, in a sense, it is. As part of the Republican Party’s sweeping domestic policy bill signed into law on July 4, federal tax credits of 30 percent for residential clean […]
8 months ago
A booming Presque Isle cannabis store wants to grow into new markets
Full Bloom Cannabis, which launched in 2017 in Grand Isle, recently introduced a new chief executive officer and expanded its Presque Isle site.
8 months ago
Maine’s homeless shelters get long-awaited emergency funding
Maine’s homeless shelters will split nearly $5 million in one-time emergency funding under a law signed by Gov. Janet Mills last week. LD 698, An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine, will provide $4.47 million for the state’s 40 shelters. Since the remainder of COVID-19 relief funding has evaporated, emergency housing facilities have […]
