A trio of Maine Monitor journalists were heralded with notable awards Saturday night at the Maine Press Association’s annual fall conference and awards banquet. Rose Lundy,...
After years of litigation, a March ruling set the stage for criminal defendants in Maine to get released from jail or have their charges dismissed because...
Maine’s foster care population grew at a higher rate than any other state between 2019 and 2023, new federal data shows. It was one of just...
Tractors stand at the ready along rolling wild blueberry barrens Downeast, where fields of naked stems offer no hint of the glorious techno-color display to come....
Calls started coming into Maine Family Planning clinics on November 5, and they haven’t stopped. In the wake of Trump’s re-election, Mainers across the state have...
The Maine Independent News Collaborative is delighted to announce that the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, the nonprofit publisher of The Maine Monitor, is now...
New rules that went into effect in August changing who pays real estate commissions have resulted in more paperwork and some anxiety for home buyers and...
Kristy Basso sets a timer for 25 minutes any time she does a chore outside her West Paris home. As the primary caregiver for her 77-year-old...
The attorney general’s office is putting nearly $2.5 million toward a resource center that will offer assistance to Maine counties, cities and towns as they decide...
The Maine’s Black Future podcast boldly visits stories of historic Black Mainers and the legacies they carved into the state. Then we connect this longstanding history...