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A new tech-heavy lab boosts potato research at UMaine’s Aroostook Farm

The upgraded lab will help ensure Maine continues to grow its potato industry, UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy said.

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‘Scary in a good way’: Adrenaline seekers flock to Loring for land speed week

Loring is the longest concrete-asphalt land speed track in the world, allowing racers to push their limits down 1.5 miles of runway.

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Houlton’s ‘Moment in the Sun’ featured in new documentary on total eclipse

“We were drawn to this story not just because of the eclipse,” says New York City-based co-director Mia Weinberger, “but because of the people we met while we were up there.”

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A few dozen hold ‘Good Trouble Lives On’ rally in Houlton

While they commemorated the anniversary of Lewis’s death, they also served as protests against the policies of the new Trump administration.

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Cuts to public broadcasting would hurt Maine’s emergency alert system

It’s the sound of the U.S. Emergency Alert System, or EAS, a vital emergency service, especially in rural and remote communities. And it’s at risk.

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Fort Kent council approves MSAD 27 warrant, equipment purchase

This is the first time in ten years that MSAD 27 voters rejected a school budget. School budgets in Madawaska, Caribou and Hodgdon — among other places in Maine — were also shot down this year.

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Aroostook County takes early steps for construction of new jail

Basically, what they are after at this point is a cost for building the jail, said Administrator Ryan Pelletier.

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Abrupt end to tax credits brings turbulence to Maine’s heat pump and solar industries

The banner across the website of Assured Solar Energy reads like a flash sale. “Secure Your 30% Clean Energy Credit Before It’s Gone!” That’s because, in a sense, it is. As part of the Republican Party’s sweeping domestic policy bill signed into law on July 4, federal tax credits of 30 percent for residential clean […]