Some Mainers may have to drive an hour or more to dispose of the propane canister they used when camping or at a cookout, which is...
AUGUSTA, Maine — Hospitals and health care providers are feeling pressure after the Legislature once again failed Tuesday night to pass a short-term budget that fills a...
Towns up and down Maine’s coast have grappled for more than a decade with the changes that come with a growing aquaculture industry. In the last...
SACO, Maine — Duane Choquette hesitated when he discovered the property he wanted to buy to create a small homestead is a quarter mile from a...
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Rockland’s minimum wage for some workers will increase from $15 per hour to $15.50 on Wednesday. This increase, which applies to people employed by a company with...
Stories of violence, understaffing and dysfunction at Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland have spilled into the public eye for years now. But over...
Maine is set to close out 2024 as a year that saw a continued decline in drug overdose deaths. But while the top official responsible for...
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HousingThis section of the BDN aims to help readers understand Maine’s housing crisis, the volatile real estate market and the public policy behind them. Read more...
