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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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Maine set up a tipline for ICE abuse. Here’s what it got
April 09, 2026
Most of the submissions were spam, jokes or support for ICE.
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This western Maine mountain town is desperate for more housing
April 08, 2026
As the tourist economy drives new growth in northwestern Maine, Eustis, where most properties sit empty for much of the year, has little housing available.
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Washington County’s Tristan Singh to represent Maine at the Scripps National Spelling Bee
March 27, 2026
Singh won the Maine State Spelling Bee at Bowdoin College last weekend, one of 14 young spellers competing in the annual event.
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Harrington adopts ordinance prohibiting utility‑scale solar farms
March 10, 2026
Its intent is to preserve Harrington’s rural character and “prevent industrial encroachment incompatible with community values.”
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A price hike led Palmyra to ditch its fire protection deal with Newport
March 06, 2026
The upheaval in central Maine is not unique as small towns across the state are reeling from years of high costs.
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Indigenous organization trained 30 new doulas
January 29, 2026
Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness is aiming to help fill in gaps as maternity services have shuttered across Maine.
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A pastor searched for a missing congregant. He found a car with the keys on the floor
January 28, 2026
Evaristo Kalonji, an asylum seeker from Angola who has no criminal record, vanished from South Portland. He turned up in one detention center, then another.
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Masked agents detain civil engineer in Portland, leave his car running in the street with a smashed window
January 22, 2026
The man is in the country on a work visa after receiving a master’s degree at UMaine, his colleagues said.
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Mother of 4 detained in Portland as immigration enforcement ramps up in Maine
January 21, 2026
Agents followed the woman home after she dropped off a child at school, a daughter said.
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Use of antipsychotic meds in nursing homes remains flat
January 15, 2026
Maine has the 12th highest rate of long-term nursing home residents on antipsychotics, which carry health risks.
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Portland and Lewiston are bracing for ICE to come to their cities
January 14, 2026
Carl Sheline urged residents and businesses to know their rights and have a plan if they’re contacted by agents.
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Overlooked during the opioid crisis, more of Maine’s oldest began to struggle with drugs
November 30, 2025
The number of Medicare patients in Maine who received buprenorphine treatment for their addiction to opioids increased about 70 percent between 2019 and 2023, a Maine Monitor analysis shows for the first time.
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Two years after Lewiston shooting, Maine voters approve red flag law
November 05, 2025
The ballot question, brought forward through a citizen initiative process, came after efforts to pass stricter gun laws failed in the state legislature.
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A referendum in this Maine vacation town is all about child care
October 21, 2025
There are just 16 registered providers in Piscataquis County and none of them had open slots as of May.
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‘Encouraging news’ in fight against invasive plant in Sokokis Lake
October 17, 2025
If the efforts prove successful long-term, it would mark a significant win against what the Lakes Environmental Association describes as “arguably the most difficult invasive plant to control in Maine.”
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