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This western Maine mountain town is desperate for more housing
3+ hour, 44+ min ago (589+ words) Officials in western Maine town of Eustis are seeking ways to expand the local housing supply, and they're the first to join a new initiative by a major state nonprofit. The town is the first to host officials from GrowSmart…...
Mobile home residents have faced nearly 3 years of unsafe water
21+ hour, 17+ min ago (1812+ words) Enterprise This piece is an in-depth examination of a single subject requiring extensive research and resources. One resident of a Fairfield mobile home park doesn't let her children play under a sprinkler or fill up a kiddie pool in the…...
April ‘radio hour’ highlights innovations across Maine
21+ hour, 13+ min ago (407+ words) Behind the Story This piece describes why and how a particular story, or related set of stories, was reported. In the April edition of The Maine Monitor Radio Hour, editor Kate Cough spoke to housing reporter Caitlin Andrews, education reporter…...
Library Commission discusses meaning of ‘quality’ library service
22+ hour, 10+ min ago (1361+ 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…...
Machiasport Planning Board drafting short‑term rental ordinance
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (836+ 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…...
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2+ day, 9+ hour ago (19+ words) Youth drug use is down, but overdoses have risen. One town's schools have a possible solution'The Maine Monitor...
RSU 73 budget clears first of two voter hurdles
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (717+ 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…...
Lubec to ask nonprofits for payments in lieu of taxes
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (1343+ 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…...
Maine has yet to spend nearly two-thirds of opioid settlement funds
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (635+ words) Maine has spent just over a third of the opioid settlement funds it has received during the past four years, according to new data released this week by the Maine Opioid Settlement Support Center at the University of Southern Maine....
Growing Maine community resists idea of becoming a town again
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (734+ words) ALBANY TOWNSHIP " This area is like many of western Maine's small towns: Skiers and hikers drive the economy and erect second homes while the full-time population ages. But Albany hasn't held a town meeting since 1937, when its residents disbanded their…...