Upcoming fall fairs are happening in Clinton, Litchfield, Unity and Fryeburg, among other communities.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Work requirements would strip MaineCare from thousands. Who are they?
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services officials estimate more than 31,000 Mainers could lose insurance in the first year of the new work requirements.
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Posted inDo This, Guides
2025 Maine fall fairs & festivals: Explore our list
From midway rides to eating contests and livestock pulls to demolition derbies, Maine’s fairs and festivals have something for everyone.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Unity Environmental University celebrates largest graduating class ever with Neil deGrasse Tyson
The once small, residential college now enrolls nearly 10,000 students in mostly online degree programs, and will honor about 1,000 in Portland’s Merrill Auditorium Friday.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
With contract inked, Brunswick-Rockland rail operator preparing for trains
Maine Switching Services, which will operate as the Cumberland and Knox Railroad, aims to begin carrying freight shipments by the end of May.
Posted inFood
Oldies but goodies: Mainers cherish — and cook on — their old stoves
When it comes to stoves, ‘brand spanking new’ does not appeal to everyone.
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USDA cancels $35M climate grant to Freeport demonstration farm
The termination letter said Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment failed to pay at least 65% of its climate-smart agriculture grant directly to farmers.
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Lawmakers consider $10M bailout for Fairfield water crisis
A bill would expand the public water system to Fairfield residents whose private wells have been contaminated by toxic forever chemicals from the state’s former agricultural sludge-spreading program.
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State lawmakers again consider authorizing northern Maine transmission line
The legislation drew opposition from local residents who said lawmakers should not approve the project without knowing the route, costs and builder.
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Maine makes first purchase of farm contaminated by forever chemicals
The state tapped its PFAS relief fund to spend $333,000 to buy a Palermo hay field where sewage sludge was once spread as fertilizer that tested 3 times above the state’s recommended level for safe dairy forage.