The Aroostook County organic potato farmer who landed in the national spotlight for his advocacy against one of the world’s biggest agriculture conglomerates has filed with his wife for personal bankruptcy protection.
When the U.S. House of Representatives failed to pass the massive $867 billion 2018 farm bill last week, that was good news for Maine’s small family farms and organic growers according to those who work closely with them.
University of Maine at Fort Kent behavioral science student Glenroy Osbourne will participate in the elite PreLaw Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) program at the University of Maine School of Law in Portland this summer.
State biologists on Tuesday unveiled a plan to increase the number of any-deer permits to 84,745. That total is about 8,000 higher than ever allotted in Maine.
Maine Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap spent an hour explaining the intricacies of the state’s new ranked choice voting system to a group of municipal clerks and interested citizens at Presque Isle’s Turner Memorial Library Monday afternoon.
Maine Emergency Medical Services will honor the state’s EMS providers at a ceremony at the State House on Wednesday, May 23, at 1 p.m.
Students heading to one of Maine’s public universities next fall will see their tuition rise by about 2.3 percent under a budget backed Monday by system trustees, but they also could see extra financial help from their schools.
A Canadian outfitter and guide convicted of poaching in New Brunswick pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to illegally importing wildlife, according to court documents.
In respect for the victims of the tragic school shooting in Texas on Friday, May 18, Governor Paul R. LePage has directed the United States flag and the State of Maine flag be flown at half-staff immediately until sunset on Tuesday, May 22.
Seven Maine community college students were awarded scholarships in honor of Leon A. Gorman at a ceremony held Tuesday at L.L.Bean’s Corporate Headquarters in Freeport.
