12+ hour, 57+ min ago  (1353+ words) In Maine, state health officials hoped to steer a slice of $190 million in new federal rural health funding to shield hospitals and clinics from the fallout caused by cuts to federal health programs. Their plan would have helped pay to…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (643+ words) Monitor Local is a reporting initiative to meet the local information needs of people in towns across western and downeast Maine with public service reporting on town council meetings, school budget debates, zoning conversations, tax deliberations and more. It functions…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1110+ words) Volunteers wearing navy polos and hats emblazoned with the phrase "street pastor" fanned out across Bangor's Davenport Park last Friday afternoon, armed with water bottles and lollipops. Roughly 30 homeless people were scattered throughout the park on blankets and chairs, and…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1083+ words) Monitor Local is a reporting initiative to meet the local information needs of people in towns across western and downeast Maine with public service reporting on town council meetings, school budget debates, zoning conversations, tax deliberations and more. It functions…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (617+ words) Monitor Local is a reporting initiative to meet the local information needs of people in towns across western and downeast Maine with public service reporting on town council meetings, school budget debates, zoning conversations, tax deliberations and more. It functions…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1724+ words) Maine voters have become more familiar with ranked-choice voting since they adopted it statewide a decade ago. But Maine has never seen a ranked-choice primary quite like this year's set of races " and neither has any other state across the…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (577+ words) Not long after launching a bid for the Legislature, teacher and football coach Lawrence "Skip" Bessey decided to end his campaign for the Maine House's 58th district. But after Republican primary votes were counted last week, he was one vote away…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1168+ words) Monitor Local is a reporting initiative to meet the local information needs of people in towns across western and downeast Maine with public service reporting on town council meetings, school budget debates, zoning conversations, tax deliberations and more. It functions…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (662+ words) Monitor Local is a reporting initiative to meet the local information needs of people in towns across western and downeast Maine with public service reporting on town council meetings, school budget debates, zoning conversations, tax deliberations and more. It functions…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (842+ words) Earlier this month, Maine's flagship public university received another failing grade for how it teaches reading instruction in part because it did not provide public records to a national group looking to analyze how well it prepares future elementary teachers…...