Regulators’ decision could also affect people in retirement communities and mobile home cooperatives who band together to fund solar projects.
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Girl, 8, hit and killed by ambulance in Van Buren
Emma Cormier was attempting to cross Main Street when she was hit Wednesday afternoon, police say.
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Posted inCommunity, Maine, News, The Bethel Citizen
Gilead officials reduce budget by $107,000, ease tax burden
The mill rate has gone down 1.9% from the previous year thanks in part to budget cuts.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Local News, Maine
Norway salon sends students to school in style
Stylists Tova Millett and Bobbi Fogg donated a Sunday to snipping locks for kids heading back to school in the Oxford Hills region.
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After rejection and revision, Gray-New Gloucester voters pass school budget
The revised proposal passed by a wide margin after the original iteration was rejected by 19 votes.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
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.’
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine, News
Italian stonecutters in Hallowell carved a legacy of industry and labor from granite
‘Working Granite: Italian Stonecutters and their Union’ at the Maine Historical Society highlights one of Maine’s earliest labor unions, started by stone workers in 1877.
Posted inMaine, News, The Bethel Citizen
Family turns loss into lifeline with Woodstock sober house, Chris’ Haven
The scope of the work ahead at the sober house at 47 Old County Road is daunting. Marc Montplaisir is amazed by the number of volunteers who have come through the door; his mother, Mary Ellen, hopes more will follow.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Janet Mills says decision on challenge to Susan Collins may come in November
Maine’s governor told reporters Wednesday that she’s ‘seriously considering the run.’ It’s the strongest indication yet that she may seek her party’s nomination against the 5-term Republican next year.
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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.