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Funds available to help cover organic certification costs
Through the Organic Certification Cost Share Program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency will cover up to 75% of organic certification costs at a maximum of $750 per certification category. FSA is accepting applications, and organic producers and handlers should apply for OCCSP by the Oct. 31 deadline for eligible expenses incurred from […]
Ag department offers farm loans for underserved, beginning farmers
BANGOR — The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency reminds producers that FSA offers farm ownership and farm operating loans to underserved applicants as well as beginning farmers and ranchers. Underserved or beginning farmers and ranchers who cannot obtain commercial credit from a bank can apply for FSA direct or guaranteed loans. USDA defines […]
Court documents provide deeper look inside Maine’s clandestine cannabis grows
Laborers living out of suitcases, $10,000 electricity bills and elaborate automatic growing systems are among what officials found inside several of the residences, according to recently filed federal documents.
Carrabassett Valley hires new town manager
Garrett Corbin of Coplin Plantation and Wiscasset will begin his duties June 17.
Maine’s shelters are in crisis as homelessness surges
With the state’s homeless shelters struggling, legislators have what might be their final opportunity Friday to prevent some shelters from closing for good.
Maine filmmaker to pays tribute to veterans with film screening
BANGOR — Maine native filmmaker Billy Hanson is set to honor Maine veterans with a screening of his film, “Bone Cold,” at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, at the Gracie Theater on the Husson University campus. In 2019, Hanson brought a film crew from Los Angeles to Maine to shoot the psychological thriller, which […]
Farm loan programs offer climate-smart opportunities to producers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency reminds agricultural producers that farm loan programs can be used to support a variety of climate-smart agriculture practices, which build on many practices that farmers and ranchers already use, like cover cropping, nutrient management and conservation tillage. Climate-smart agricultural practices generate significant environmental benefits by capturing and […]
Wayne man to serve up to 33 months in prison on federal drug smuggling, lying charges
Victor Sousa, 25 had pleaded guilty to smuggling methamphetamine pills from Canada and lying about knowing people linked to a federal narcotics investigation.
Gifford’s Ice Cream celebrates Customer Appreciation Day
Gifford’s Ice Cream is set to offer a free cone from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, April 18, for National Customer Appreciation Day, at its family-owned stands in Bangor (1109 Broadway), Skowhegan (307 Madison Ave.) and Waterville (170 Silver St.). For more information, visit giffordsicecream.com or follow Gifford’s Ice Cream on Facebook, X and Instagram. Check […]