The state needs significant rainfall — at least a foot — before the ground freezes to alleviate the dry conditions that date back to August. Otherwise, the drought likely won’t end until the snow melts next spring.
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Missing Sabattus teen found, authorities say
The 15-year-old girl was reported missing Saturday night.
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Maine hired contractor to organize timely visits for families in child welfare cases. It delivered 10% of the time.
Last December, the state renewed Community Care’s contract even though it fell far short of its performance requirements, according to an examination by The Maine Monitor.
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Maine electricity supply cost may rise in addition to rate increase sought by CMP
The supply cost hike is tied largely to wholesale natural gas prices that are on track to keep rising in 2026, in part because more gas will be shipped overseas.
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Gleaning the farm field leftovers that food pantries depend on
Volunteers harvest thousands of pounds of produce that would otherwise be left to rot.
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Brookfield withdraws application for lower Kennebec dams
The energy giant hoped to renew or amend the licenses of four Kennebec River dams, but plans to sell them to The Nature Conservancy in the next year and extensive ecological conditions in a draft permit approval led Brookfield to withdraw.
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I’m turning 65 soon. How do I sign up for Medicare?
You may be automatically enrolled if you are already collecting Social Security.
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Older Mainers navigate care gaps later in life
Most older Mainers live and age at home, grappling with how to find care and when to start difficult conversations.
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The Janet Mills-Graham Platner primary is a reckoning for Democrats hungry for new voices
Former “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd says ‘there’s a real anti-incumbent and anti-establishment vibe inside the Democratic Party right now.’
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Angry, distracted and impatient: Bad driving a problem on I-95 between Augusta and Waterville
Motorists who travel the stretch of of the interstate regularly describe it as dangerous.