Author: The Maine Polis
Maine Transportation Authority awards bid for York toll project
The $39.5 million York toll plaza replacement project was awarded to Maine contractor Reed & Reed of Woolwich. The Maine Turnpike Authority’s board of directors Thursday approved awarding the bid for the three-year project that will begin next month…
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Avalanche of information delays decision on CMP transmission corridor
Waterville prepares to market up to 1.5 acres at Head of Falls
Developers will be sought to lease or buy property on the riverfront for retail and commercial uses that complement the RiverWalk there..
The Vote After the Vote: Maine’s ‘Death With Dignity’ group to collect signatures on Election Day
The Wiscasset-based “Death With Dignity” group is renewing their efforts to place an assisted-suicide measure on the 2019 ballot…
Maine leaders speak out against political threats
Maine’s congressional delegation is forcefully denouncing pipe bombs and suspicious packages sent to prominent Democrats…
Opponents and advocates make their final arguments on CMP’s New England Clean Energy Connect
Maine Public Utilities Commission held its final public witness hearing Wednesday on Central Maine Power Co.’s $950 million New England Clean Energy Connect project, at which opponents outnumbered supporters of the 145-mile transmission project to deliver hydro-power from Canada to serve customers in Massachusetts…
Collins returns to hometown for Agency on Aging conference
CARIBOU, Maine — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins returned to her hometown Friday to deliver a keynote address during the Aroostook Agency on Aging’s 45th annual meeting at the Caribou Inn and Convention Center…
Rural Maine communities taking lack of broadband into their own hands
They’re tired of waiting for the private sector – and state and federal governments – to bring them up to speed.
Maine Maritime plans training center for 2,400 at Bucksport mill site
Maine Maritime Academy wants to create an education center in Bucksport that could eventually train 2,400 students and professional mariners each year.
Maine went all in on ‘proficiency-based learning’ — then rolled it back. What does that mean for the rest of the country?
When Ted Finn first heard about the new way of running a high school, he was excited.Forget students squeaking by with Cs and moving on without truly understanding math or biology…
Weyerhaeuser funds wood product truck driving program in Maine
DEXTER, Maine – Wood products and timberlands giant Weyerhaeuser is teaming up with a Maine technical center to build upon a commercial driver’s license training program.
Maine Democratic Party overstates Poliquin’s plans
What’s the difference between a trim, a cut or a jagged, painful gutting? The Maine Democratic Party prompts such a question, thanks to a mailer it sent to homes in much of the state. It accuses Bruce Poliquin, the incumbent Republican in Maine’s expansive 2nd Congressional District, of “voting to gut your retirement benefits.”
Minot selectmen hear details of tax break program for farmland
MINOT — Selectmen on Monday night heard a presentation on a state program that could, if implemented by the town, reduce taxes on qualifying farmland.
Emerald ash borer Emergency Order expands to include York County towns
In response to the discovery of emerald ash borer (EAB) infested trees in western York County, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s (DACF) Bureau of Forestry Director has expanded the Order Area in the Emergency Order to Stop Movement of Ash first issued in August of this year…
New report documents nearly $21 million annual economic benefit from modern wood heating of commercial and institutional buildings in Maine
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Maine Forest Service today released a report documenting the economic and environmental benefits of heating community, commercial and institutional buildings with modern wood chip and wood pellet technology and fuels produced in Maine…
Maine Will Help Pay Student Debt Of People Who Move There Through A New Tax Credit Initiative
College graduates with student loan debt, rejoice and pack your bags. Financial salvation awaits you in the land of lobster and, now, student debt forgiveness. That’s right: Maine will help pay off your student loans if you move to that great northeastern most state…
Snow days in Maine could soon be a thing of the past
Students in one Maine school district will be spending a couple of snow days this winter doing something out of the ordinary: schoolwork…
New Maine program aims to help fund recovery of wild salmon
Maine’s Department of Marine Resources (DMR) has announced a new program aimed at helping to fund the recovery of wild caught Atlantic salmon in the US state while also reducing the regulatory burdens associated with road and bridge construction projects…
What you need to know about Maine’s bond questions
On Nov. 6, Maine voters will decide four questions asking to borrow a total of $200 million…
On truth and ‘lies’ in Maine’s heated 2nd District race
U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin of Maine’s 2nd District and Assistant Maine House Majority Leader Jared Golden squabbled in their first debate early this month over who was the biggest liar and that fight has sustained itself on the airwaves…