3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (640+ words) On a statewide tour highlighting Maine’s rising energy costs, Maine Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau touted clean energy as a solution to diversify the power grid. Fecteau, D-Biddeford, appeared at the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone Thursday,…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (352+ words) On the morning of Aug. 5, I was stuck by a discarded syringe while cleaning a public restroom during my shift here in Presque Isle. I washed the wound, notified my manager, drove to Northern Light AR Gould for baseline testing…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (221+ words) PORTLAND, Maine – Maine Connections Academy, the state’s first tuition-free, online public charter school, honored its Class of 2026 with an in-person graduation ceremony June 5 at the Merrill Auditorium in Portland. Six of the honored Maine Connections Academy graduates represent Aroostook County....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (770+ words) ST. AGATHA, Maine – School officials in northern Aroostook County discussed revisions to a plan to merge MSAD 33, which serves Frenchville and St. Agatha, and Madawaska’s school districts together on Wednesday. The suggested revisions will be sent to legal counsel. The…...