The Legislature is considering 2 bills that would implement revenue sharing across the state’s recreational cannabis industry.
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Farmington woman joins Waterville’s HealthReach board
Susan Tedrick will serve on the organization’s Community Health Centers’ Governing board of directors.
Ukraine mayor tours world-famous guitar company in Lewiston
Tour of Bourgeois Guitars in Lewiston.
Franklin Savings Bank employee retires after 38 years
Lorna Niedner began as a bank teller and receptionist, and has served as Jay branch manager for 13 years.
Sen. Collins introduces bill to support maternal health at rural hospitals
Seven Maine hospitals have closed their birthing centers in the past decade, and 2 more will do so this year.
Looking for an alternative source for eggs? Try your local farm.
At farm stands across Maine, you’ll pay less than half of what you would in a grocery store, if you go early.
Lewiston flower shop prepares for Valentine’s Day rush
More than 1,000 roses are being readied for the famously romantic holiday.
Maine’s new public advocate wants to help low-income residents pay electric bills
Heather Sanborn also said she will speak neither for nor against legislation seeking to eliminate a solar subsidy program she supported as a lawmaker.
In photos: Maine border town on the front line of a looming trade war with Canada
In some two dozen interviews conducted over two days last week, residents of Madawaska and Edmundston spoke about the growing tension between the two countries, the simmering anxiety about what Trump’s tariffs might mean for the local economy – and why some of them are supporting the president’s tactics anyway. Photos by Portland Press Herald photographer Brianna Soukup.
A Maine border town finds itself on the front line of a looming trade war
In Madawaska, at the state’s northern tip, fortunes are closely tied to its Canadian counterpart, Edmundston, across the St. John River.