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3 weeks ago

U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner makes first Aroostook stop

HOULTON, Maine – U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner made his first northern Maine stop in Houlton Saturday, tapping into growing economic frustrations as a way to garner Aroostook County support for his campaign  “Down here we live in a world of material reality. Down here Medicare and Medicaid cuts are not numbers on a spreadsheet, […]

3 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

Maine’s homeless shelters get long-awaited emergency funding

Maine’s homeless shelters will split nearly $5 million in one-time emergency funding under a law signed by Gov. Janet Mills last week. LD 698, An Act to Sustain Emergency Homeless Shelters in Maine, will provide $4.47 million for the state’s 40 shelters. Since the remainder of COVID-19 relief funding has evaporated, emergency housing facilities have […]

5 months ago

Canadian company could pay $240K for Aroostook lumber mill violations

A company that owned a Masardis sawmill until January could pay $240,000 in fines for violating state environmental regulations, including improper handling of wastewater. Daaquam Lumber, owned by Groupe Lebel and Bois Daaquam of Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec, has been accused of multiple violations in a consent agreement issued by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. The […]