Feds announce $123M in grants for Maine conservation efforts https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/22/feds-announce-123-million-in-grants-for-coastal-maine-conservation-efforts/
RSU 40 directors approve $37.6M budget https://lcnme.com/currentnews/rsu-40-board-of-directors-approves-37-6-million-budget/
Public hearing set on proposed Bar Harbor shellfish ordinance amendments https://www.ellsworthamerican.com/news/waterfront/public-hearing-set-on-proposed-shellfish-ordinance-amendments/article_43a53aa8-f8fa-11ee-b1ab-6fb55dcf9c1c.html
Interviews being scheduled in Knox County administrator search https://knox.villagesoup.com/news/interviews-being-scheduled-in-knox-county-administrator-search/article_44e17f80-00b1-11ef-987c-5787ff37c1d9.html
Lien filed against Knox County by solar power worker https://knox.villagesoup.com/news/lien-filed-against-knox-county-by-solar-power-worker/article_637670c0-ff23-11ee-998a-bf51167addd4.html
Maine awarded clean energy grant under federal solar program https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2024-04-22/maine-awarded-clean-energy-grant-under-federal-solar-for-all-program
Environmentalists sue Maine over alleged failure to act on climate change https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/22/state/state-police-courts/maine-climate-change-lawsuit-environmental-groups/
Lack of commercial spaces in Bangor is restricting city’s growth https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/22/bangor/bangor-business/few-commercial-spaces-in-bangor-restricting-growth-joam40zk0w/
Mainers in homeownership programs can’t find housing to use their vouchers on https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/22/business/business-housing/mainers-in-homeownership-programs-cant-find-housing-to-use-their-vouchers-on/
The lesser-known bills Maine lawmakers did and did not pass this year https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/20/politics/state-politics/lesser-known-bills-maine-legislature-joam40zk0w/
Down East fishways project gets nearly $8M from Congress https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/16/down-east/downeast-environment/down-east-fishways-project-congress-funding/
Farmington to hold second revaluation public information session, April 29 https://dailybulldog.com/news/farmington-to-hold-second-revaluation-public-information-session-april-29/
Lewiston to mark six months since mass shootings this Thursday https://spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/news/2024/04/22/lewiston-to-mark-six-months-since-mass-shootings
Housing advocates count legislative wins, but say they’re still not enough https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2024-04-19/housing-advocates-count-legislative-wins-but-say-theyre-still-not-enough
New state provision will send more young students to local schools for special education services https://www.mainepublic.org/education-news/2024-04-19/new-state-provision-will-send-more-young-students-to-local-schools-for-special-education-services
Lawmakers pass supplemental budget that includes $60M in storm relief https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/18/lawmakers-pass-supplemental-budget-that-includes-60-million-in-storm-relief/
Oakland-area schools dodge major budget hike as COVID-era funding expires https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/17/oakland-area-schools-dodge-major-budget-hike-as-covid-era-funding-expires/
Somerset County to fix crucial gap in its internet at fraction of original cost https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/18/somerset-county-to-fix-crucial-gap-in-its-internet-at-fraction-of-original-cost/
How a $9B federal investment could help Maine’s aging affordable housing https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/19/business/business-housing/mane-aging-affordable-housing-9b-federal-funding-joam40zk0w/
Penobscot County sheriff deputy caused fatal 2022 crash, lawsuit alleges https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/18/bangor/bangor-police-courts/penobscot-sheriff-deputy-fatal-eddington-crash-david-sawyer-lawsuit/
Court records reveal how Washburn cop allegedly altered police reports https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/18/aroostook/aroostook-police-courts/chandler-cole-erik-foote-missing-falsifying-records/
Police raid ‘massive’ illegal cannabis operation in Jay https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/18/central-maine/central-maine-police-courts/jay-illegal-marijuana-operation-raid/
State argues company has no right to old shipwreck off Bar Harbor https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/18/hancock/hancock-police-courts/maine-bar-harbor-shipwreck-ownership-dispute/
Patten can’t afford to repair national monument access roads https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/18/penobscot/penobscot-government/patten-maine-repair-national-monument-access-roads-joam40zk0w/
Edgecomb selectboard discuses full-time fire chief proposal https://www.wiscassetnewspaper.com/article/edgecomb-selectmen-discuss-full-time-fire-chief-proposal/185329
Lewiston hires former state representative Jon Connor as code enforcement director https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/04/18/lewiston-hires-jon-connor-as-code-enforcement-director/
Norway names Police Chief Jeffrey Campbell as interim town manager https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/04/19/norway-names-police-chief-jeffrey-campbell-as-interim-town-manager/
Former Bath hospital to be renovated for workforce housing https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/04/18/former-bath-hospital-to-be-renovated-for-workforce-housing/
Aroostook County Commissioners distribute final round of ARPA funds https://thecounty.me/2024/04/19/business-news/aroostook-county-commissioners-distribute-final-round-of-arpa-funds/
Portage on path to resolve subsidy dispute with Ashland https://thecounty.me/2024/04/19/community/portage-on-path-to-resolve-subsidy-dispute-with-ashland/