If you haven’t been following this election cycle’s caravan of candidates or still don’t quite know what is being asked in the state’s four bond questions, don’t be embarrassed.
Consultants hoping to advise Maine on recreational marijuana sales have extra time to apply.
One out of five Mainers is 65 or older, as is the case in the nation’s other oldest states, Florida and West Virginia. But elder age groups can differ dramatically in their activities, a new U.S. Census Bureau study shows
Maine’s bald eagle population continues to soar, increasing in the latest survey by 101 nesting pairs to a total of 733, an increase of 16 percent since the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife conducted the last bald eagle survey five years ago in 2013.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to rewrite its own water quality standards for the Maine rivers where members of the Penobscot Nation and Houlton Bands of Maliseets have sustenance fishing rights.
Mainers can soon sign up to purchase health insurance plans on the individual market.
To Claire Hemphill, it’s as important to graduate from college debt-free as it is to be the first member of her immediate family to attend college.
Following through on an early campaign vow, independent gubernatorial candidate Alan Caron — conceding that he had no chance to win — withdrew from the race on Monday, endorsing Attorney General Janet Mills, the Democratic nominee.
The staff of the Aroostook Republican and News, The Star-Herald and Houlton Pioneer Times collected a total of 24 awards, including seven first-place honors, in writing, photography, design and advertising in the weekly division over the Oct. 20-21 weekend at the Maine Press Association’s annual awards banquet.
Editor’s note: Ahead of the Nov. 6 election, we put the same six questions to the two candidates on the ballot for Aroostook County sheriff. Their responses follow with the candidates listed in alphabetical order.
