The Maine Department of Health and Human Services officials estimate more than 31,000 Mainers could lose insurance in the first year of the new work requirements.
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Save the date for these 16 upcoming Maine fairs
Maine’s agricultural fairs are an annual attraction for thousands looking for fun, food, entertainment and education.
2025 Maine fall fairs & festivals: Explore our list
From midway rides to eating contests and livestock pulls to demolition derbies, Maine’s fairs and festivals have something for everyone.
Oldies but goodies: Mainers cherish — and cook on — their old stoves
When it comes to stoves, ‘brand spanking new’ does not appeal to everyone.
USDA cancels $35M climate grant to Freeport demonstration farm
The termination letter said Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment failed to pay at least 65% of its climate-smart agriculture grant directly to farmers.
Lawmakers consider $10M bailout for Fairfield water crisis
A bill would expand the public water system to Fairfield residents whose private wells have been contaminated by toxic forever chemicals from the state’s former agricultural sludge-spreading program.
Unity man sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexual assault of 12 year old girl
Jesse J. Harvey, 31, to serve 10 years in prison and 10 years of supervised release as part of a plea deal reached after the victim, an extended family member, made further disclosures to officials recently.
State lawmakers again consider authorizing northern Maine transmission line
The legislation drew opposition from local residents who said lawmakers should not approve the project without knowing the route, costs and builder.
Maine makes first purchase of farm contaminated by forever chemicals
The state tapped its PFAS relief fund to spend $333,000 to buy a Palermo hay field where sewage sludge was once spread as fertilizer that tested 3 times above the state’s recommended level for safe dairy forage.
March 3, 2005: Unity soldier fighting for his life in N.Y. hospital as other Maine troops arrive back home, and Somerset County deals with overcrowding at county jail
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