AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry recently announced Chad Hammer as the new invasive plant biologist with the Maine Natural Areas Program. Hammer earned a bachelor’s degree in ecology from SUNY Plattsburgh and a master’s degree in forestry with the Natural Resources Department at the University of New Hampshire. While at […]
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Competitive Maine elver fishing lottery offers most licenses since 2013
Sixteen people will gain entry in this year’s intense bid for one of the most lucrative fish stocks in the state, but the success rate is still very low.
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Gov. Mills announces nominations to new Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefits Authority
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Kennebec Savings Bank awards $30,000 Catalyst Grants to local nonprofits
AUGUSTA — Kennebec Savings Bank recently named the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen, the Mitchell Institute, and the Augusta Teen Center as the recipients of its Catalyst Grants. The three $30,000 gifts are designed to support creative concepts that might otherwise not be possible for the nonprofit organizations. Waterville Area Soup Kitchen WASK serves low-income people […]
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Kennebec Valley Council of Governments names Joel Greenwood executive director
The Kennebec Valley Council of Governments (KVCOG) recently announced that its board of directors has appointed Joel Greenwood as executive director. Eric Dyer, KVCOG board of director’s president and town manager of Readfield, announced the appointment in a news release. “We are excited for the opportunity to bring one of our most talented and experienced […]
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Support builds for $50 million fund to aid small businesses hurt by winter storms
A bill sponsored by Sen. Craig Hickman, D-Winthrop, received unanimous, bipartisan endorsement in committee on Friday.
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CVS and Walgreens plan to start dispensing abortion pill mifepristone soon
The abortion pill will only be available in a few states to start.
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Central Maine Power asks regulators for $162 million reimbursement for storm repairs
If approved by regulators, electricity rates will go up for more than 635,000 CMP customers.
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They are TV’s ghosts – networks that somehow survive with little reason to watch them anymore
Few cable and satellite networks are a force anymore, the byproduct of sudden changes in how people entertain themselves.
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Musk sues OpenAI and Altman for breaching firm’s founding mission
The case marks an escalation in the one of the highest-profile clashes in the emerging field of AI, pitting two of its most prominent players against each other.