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Maine Shows Its True Colors in Ranking of America's Most Charitable States

This is one ranking every Mainer can be proud of. After all, generosity is in our DNA.

Maine · 2d

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Augusta council approves preliminary deal to process Hatch Hill trash in Hampden

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - The Augusta City Council approved a preliminary agreement with Municipal Waste Solutions to change how trash is handled at Hatch Hill, the regional landfill serving the city and seven surrounding communities. Municipal Waste Solutions would process Augusta’s waste at a facility in Hampden. How the...

Augusta, ME · 1d
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Ultimate Maine

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Maine's Medal of Honor Legacy Is One Worth Celebrating

This Veterans Day, we honor Maine’s heroes, including those who earned our nation’s highest military honor.

Maine · 14h

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Experience Maine's Longest Drive-Thru Holiday Lights Display

The event opens for the season on November 27th

Maine · 1d

The Financial Wire

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Maine’s Public Advocate warns that low-income utility customers can end up paying more if they sign up for community solar offers

Maine’s Public Advocate is warning that low-income electric customers can end up paying more if they sign up for community solar offers. Public Advocate Heather Sanborn said in an Oct. 21 letter to community solar companies that “our office is concerned that some Maine ratepayers may be being misled.” Her point is that a discount... The post Maine’s Public Advocate warns that low-income utility customers can end up paying more if they sign up for community solar offers appeared first on The Financial Wire .

Maine · 3d

Bangor Daily News

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Hannah Pingree says Jay shouldn’t be data center ‘testing ground’

The governor elect's comment comes a day after the owner of the former mill submitted permit applications to Maine regulators.

Jay, ME · 1d

Main Street Dollars

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Heating aid pays up to $1,200 a household in Massachusetts and utility discounts reach $500 a year in New York, while Maine adds automatic discounts to November bills

Massachusetts households that heat with oil or utility gas can get about $525 to $1,200 in state heating aid this winter. New York utility customers on the state’s discount program can save up to $500 a year, and Maine started automatic electric-bill discounts of 17% to 83% for low-income households on or soon after November […]

Massachusetts · 1d

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New program will help people in Maine get to school, work, appointments and more

PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) - The United Way is launching a new pilot project in Maine to help people get to appointments, work, school and more. The program is called Keep ME Moving and is funded thanks to support from the John T. Gorman Foundation. The program will help people pay for small car repairs, bus passes, and Lyft rides.

Maine · 2d

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Governor Janet Mills issues Veterans Day statement

STATEWIDE -- Governor Janet Mills issued a statement in honor of Veterans Day. It says in part “We express our deepest gratitude to those who fought for democracy and human rights across the world; those who protected the right to fair, free elections so that every vote and every ballot box counts. We honor those who fought and celebrated victories in the streets so that we might walk all our roads in freedom. To every veteran and every veteran’s family, thank you for your service and sacrifice. We will never forget it.”

Maine · 12h

Bangor Daily News

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Brewer considers changes to data center rules

The city said it isn’t currently negotiating with any data center developers and that the amendments would help evaluate future proposals.

Brewer, ME · 1d

Country Herald

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Maine Winter Thanksgiving Travel: Even Salted I-95 Can Freeze

I-95 and I-295 travelers face a hidden winter hazard when road salt loses effectiveness below 20 degrees.

Portland, ME · 13h

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Rent Control Ballot Initiatives Won Almost Everywhere (opinion)

Across the country, voters approved ballot initiatives that cap rents and impose new restrictions on landlords' ability to rent to whom they please. The most eye-catching of these was a successful initiative in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where 68 percent of voters revived a cap on annual rent increases of $20 per month that the city council had axed back in 2023.

Elizabeth, NJ · 11h

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Ellsworth's Del Luce Stadium Track To Stay Closed Until July 2027 At The Earliest

Ellsworth's Del Luce Stadium and track are closed until at least July 2027. A sinkhole set repairs back, and the new soccer field grass needs a full growing season before Fall 2027.

Ellsworth, ME · 1d

The Maine Monitor

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How the blue wave reached a conservative part of Maine’s White Mountains

Daniel O’Connor is a Report for Americacorps member who covers rural government as part of the partnership between The Maine Monitor and the Bangor Daily News, with additional support from BDN and Monitor readers.

Maine · 2d

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Maine to receive funding from Rural Health Transformation Program

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Sen. Susan Collins says Maine will receive more than $190 million in the second year of a program she proposed. The funding comes from the Rural Health Transformation Program. Maine will get about $360,000 more than last year. In a statement, Collins said, “Funding from this...

Maine · 1d

Bangor Daily News

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Maine’s family caregivers deserve support

"In Maine, nearly three in 10 adults are family caregivers or have provided care within the past year."

Maine · 1d

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Maine parent advocate defends special education rule challenged by private schools

AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - A Maine parent advocate is pushing back against a lawsuit brought by private schools over a state special education regulation, saying the rule protects students with disabilities from being denied an education or removed from school without enough notice. The Maine Association of Independent Schools and...

Maine · 1d

Ballotpedia News

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Campaigns submit signatures for Maine sex-based sports eligibility initiative for 2027, Massachusetts abortion referendum for 2028

With the November 2026 election concluded, where voters decided 145 state ballot measures across 39 states, efforts to place statewide citizen-initiated measures on the 2027 and 2028 ballots are underway in Maine and Massachusetts. Maine Birth Certificate Sex Requirement for Public School Sports Initiative. Supporters of an initiative to require...

Massachusetts · 1d

Bangor Daily News

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Ellsworth City Council recount delayed by Maine’s 2nd District race ranked-choice runoff

The state ballots are needed for the recount to make sure no municipal ballots were misplaced among them.

Ellsworth, ME · 1d