Students from kindergarten on up come to understand the state’s maple traditions by making syrup themselves.
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Posted inFood, Local & State
Got leftover tortillas? There are multiple ways to use them up
When stores sell tortillas in quantities too big for one meal, leftovers can be fried and crumbled over dishes, mushed up to thicken sauces or used as flavoring.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Carrabassett Valley man charged with murder in death of Connecticut woman
Austin Doucette, 24, is accused of killing his partner, Makayla DeSantis, 23. He is being held without bail at the Franklin County Jail.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools & Education, The Franklin Journal
Mt. Blue schools prepare for 4-year-olds in special education to start in fall
RSU 9 officials said preparations are underway for the district to assume responsibility for early childhood special education services for eligible 4-year-olds beginning in the 2026-27 school year.
Posted inCommunity, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Local & State, News, Outdoors, The Maine Forecast
Spring is coming to western Maine. But first, mud.
As winter gives way to spring in Maine, mud season brings thawing ground, soft roads, frost heaves and temporary weight limits that affect daily travel and outdoor activity.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Boothbay Harbor police to distribute ‘body shield’ backpacks at local schools
‘It is believed that these backpacks can save lives,’ Police Chief Doug Snyder said.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools & Education
Board strips former Sen. George J. Mitchell’s name from Waterville school
Board members decided George J. Mitchell School, named for the former U.S. senator with ties to Jeffrey Epstein, will revert to its original name, Brookside Elementary School.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Maine public defense agency will soon run out of money to pay private lawyers
An emergency funding bill failed to garner initial support from the Maine House Republicans, who offered a competing proposal that would take away collective bargaining rights from the state-employed public defenders.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Community, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Local & State, News, Rumford Falls Times, The Bethel Citizen, The Franklin Journal, The Maine Forecast, The Rangeley Highlander
Wondering what to do when winter weather closes your town in western Maine? We’ve got answers.
We’ve created a guide for what to do and where to go when weather disrupts town operations in Oxford and Franklin counties.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine Turnpike Authority to offer E-ZPass stickers as cheaper alternative to transponders
While cheaper, the stickers cannot be moved between vehicles like transponders can.