Several Van Buren community projects are moving forward https://thecounty.me/2024/04/26/community/several-van-buren-community-projects-are-moving-forward/
Tremont meeting on Community Resilience Plan is May 1 https://www.mdislander.com/announcements/community/tremont-meeting-on-community-resilience-plan-is-may-1/article_ca3bf99a-03d0-11ef-a08b-fbcd71950a57.html
Perry awarded federal funds for fish passage https://www.ellsworthamerican.com/news/wash-county/perry-awarded-federal-funds-for-corbett-brook-fish-passage/article_d8f12f92-031b-11ef-8a23-9b0361f061c5.html
Formal ground breaking held for 49-unit housing project in Rockland https://knox.villagesoup.com/news/formal-ground-breaking-held-for-49-unit-housing-project-in-rockland/article_17b4fcea-04b6-11ef-9b02-731805017f52.html
Cody departs as regional EMA director https://www.boothbayregister.com/article/cody-departs-regional-ema-director/185672
Boothbay Harbor audit on track https://www.boothbayregister.com/article/boothbay-harbor-audit-track/185773
Local philanthropist launches property tax relief fund to aid community’s most vulnerable https://www.boothbayregister.com/article/local-philanthropist-launches-property-tax-relief-fund-aid-communitys-most-vulnerable/185768
A Bangor school’s 1980s time capsule is nowhere to be found https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/30/bangor/bangor-education/james-f-doughty-school-bangor-time-capsule-unfound/
New Maine laws will let more people hide past cannabis convictions https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/30/politics/state-politics/new-maine-laws-seal-past-marijuana-convictions-joam40zk0w/
Maine nearly quadrupled its construction of new affordable housing in 2023 https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/29/business/business-housing/maine-affordable-housing-growth-2023-report-n6hjn1me0n/
Valued in the millions, Swans Island fishing wharf damaged by January storms is up at auction https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2024-04-29/valued-in-the-millions-swans-island-fishing-wharf-damaged-by-january-storms-is-up-at-auction
York is the latest coastal Maine town to consider regulating short-term rentals https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2024-04-29/york-is-the-latest-coastal-maine-town-to-consider-regulating-short-term-rentals
Maine gets low marks for hurricane preparedness https://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2024-04-29/maine-gets-low-marks-for-hurricane-preparedness
New lawsuit puts pressure on Maine towns that keep tax foreclosure profits https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/25/politics/state-politics/lawsuit-maine-tax-foreclosure-profits-joam40zk0w/
More high-end housing might ease Maine’s affordability crisis https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/25/business/business-housing/market-rate-housing-ease-maine-affordability-crisis-joam40zk0w/
Bangor is among the cities with the cleanest air https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/25/bangor/bangor-environment/bangor-clean-air-report-american-lung-association/
Residents seek to remove Milo official after ‘illicit’ meeting https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/04/25/piscataquis/piscataquis-government/milo-official-removal-push-illicit-meeting-joam40zk0w/
Maine schools say they’re facing a ‘perfect storm’ of expenses that are pushing up school budgets https://www.mainepublic.org/education-news/2024-04-25/maine-schools-say-theyre-facing-a-perfect-storm-of-expenses-that-are-pushing-up-school-budgets
New FEMA flood maps are coming, but many homeowners say they’ve experienced the risks firsthand https://www.mainepublic.org/climate/2024-04-24/new-fema-flood-maps-are-coming-but-many-homeowners-say-theyve-experienced-the-risks-firsthand
President Biden nominates new federal judge for Maine https://www.mainepublic.org/courts-and-crime/2024-04-24/president-biden-nominates-new-federal-judge-for-maine
Firefighters from several towns battle woods, grass, brush fires in Farmington https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/24/firefighters-from-several-towns-battle-woods-grass-brush-fires-in-farmington/
Winthrop school board to consider 6.22% budget increase https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/22/winthrop-school-board-to-consider-budget-with-6-increase/
Livermore Falls voters elect Bryant, Kenniston to Selectboard https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/04/24/livermore-falls-voters-elect-beck-moulton-to-rsu-73-board-in-uncertified-vote/
Sabattus changes town hall hours, prepares for annual meeting https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/04/24/sabattus-changes-town-hall-hours-prepares-for-annual-meeting/
Jay voters elect RSU 73 board members, selectboard members unchallenged https://www.sunjournal.com/2024/04/23/jay-voters-elect-bryan-riley-dawn-strout-to-rsu-73-board/
Residents to consider solar, housing ordinances at Madawaska town meeting https://thecounty.me/2024/04/24/county-politics/residents-to-consider-solar-housing-ordinances-at-madawaska-town-meeting/
Woodland to hold public hearing about blighted property https://thecounty.me/2024/04/24/caribou/woodland-to-hold-public-hearing-about-blighted-property/
Budget cutting underway to offset impact of revaluation in Scarborough https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/24/budget-cutting-underway-to-offset-impact-of-revaluation-in-scarborough/
Federal grant for Scarborough Marsh climate work hailed as ‘monumental:’ https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/24/federal-grant-for-scarborough-marsh-climate-work-hailed-as-monumental/
‘Midtown’ project promised to transform Bayside. Instead, it became the face of Portland’s homelessness crisis https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/25/the-midtown-project-promised-to-transform-bayside-instead-it-became-the-face-of-portlands-homelessness-crisis/