Staff Photographer Libby Kamrowski Kenny captures images of life at Little Ridge Farm in Lisbon and Nezinscot Farm in Turner.
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For Maine farmers, CSAs bring more certainty to an unforgiving industry
Many farmers have embraced community supported agriculture as a way to stabilize income and promote the benefits of local agriculture.
Workers rally in Jay as part of national union bus tour
Workers, labor leaders and community members rallied in Jay as part of the AFL-CIO’s national bus tour to call for stronger union rights and protections.
Lewiston’s WLAM radio signs off after 78 years
The AM station was once a fixture in Lewiston and Auburn with music, sports, news and community involvement.
Passamaquoddy Tribe wants to install hundreds of rooftop solar panels. Maine utility says it’s not allowed.
Regulators’ decision could also affect people in retirement communities and mobile home cooperatives who band together to fund solar projects.
Company that provides Medicaid transportation in Maine files for bankruptcy
Denver-based Modivcare filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Aug. 20. The Maine Department of Health and Human Services said it is ‘monitoring the situation closely.’
EV chargers proposed for Bethel
The five dual-port pay-to-use chargers would be installed in a Bethel Village parking lot owned by Gould Academy at the corner of Elm and High Street.
Colby College to launch program in Port Clyde to help Maine communities tackle natural disasters
The Center for Resilience and Economic Impact is set to open in 2026, college officials say.
Maine high court rejects employers’ challenge of paid family leave law
Bath Iron Works and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce sued in January, claiming the state was unfairly taxing the company, which has its own paid leave program.
Stubborn fire shrouds Lewiston in a blanket of smoke Saturday
Firefighters were called to put out flames in a large pile of construction debris at ReEnergy Lewiston on Alfred A. Plourde Parkway.