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Posted inHealth, Maine
Direct care workers fight for restoration of cost-of-living increases in Maine budget
The cost-of-living adjustments were canceled in 2025 for budgetary reasons and were not included in Gov. Mills’ two-year budget proposal.
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Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine, News
How the pandemic reshaped Portland’s restaurant scene
Exactly five years ago, the onset of COVID in Maine, and its aftermath, caused a period of intense turnover in the restaurant industry. It continues today.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Illegal grow houses have been entering Maine’s medical weed market for years, even after being busted by police
Four years ago, state officials first investigated a ‘prohibited collective’ of medical caregivers and illegal grow houses identical to the ones later raided by police. Now, 1 in 10 Maine caregivers exhibits the hallmarks of those same operations.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Trump administration finds Maine in violation of Title IX over transgender policy
The decision, dated Feb. 25, came just days after the administration announced its investigation and does not appear to be based on conversations with state officials.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Schools & Education
School bus driver in 2024 Minot crash charged with endangering children
Angela Beasley, 45, of Auburn is facing 33 charges in the crash on Shaw Hill Road.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Mainers are howling about coyote hunting proposal
A legislative committee in Augusta got an earful from both sides about a bill that would limit coyote hunting.
Posted inMaine, News
Bills to find and destroy Maine’s toxic firefighting foam win over legislative committee
The Environment and Natural Resources Committee unanimously endorsed bills to catalog, collect and dispose of Maine’s stockpike of toxic firefighting foam.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Sabattus trying to fill key positions as annual meeting looms
The town finds itself in the odd situation where the positions of both police chief and town manager are now filled on a temporary basis.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine Crime, News
Police investigating second break-in at Mend North Cannabis in Livermore Falls
An alarm company contacted a store representative when analarm was going off at about 3 a.m. and the representative could see two people breaking into the store at 57 Main St.