Waterville to form working group to tackle plan for pedestrian and cyclist safety, transit and parking
City officials want the committee to identify danger spots, test new approaches and guide long‑term planning to improve travel safety.
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Lubec School Department moves to limit public access to the community playground
Volunteers who built the playground say it was intended for everyone, even as two other play areas on school property show years of neglect.
Maine Library Commission supports paid director requirement, drops municipal funding proposal
Members voted 5-3 to adopt new eligibility rules for public libraries, including a change that would have left five communities without access to state services.
Chesapeake Bay restored 12,000 acres of seagrass. Can Maine also stem the decline?
Maine’s declining seagrass is part of a global pattern, and successful projects elsewhere offer lessons for new restoration efforts.
Residents of Jay’s Hidden Circle celebrate first‑in‑Maine purchase of their mobile home park
Gov. Janet Mills said a new $8 million preservation fund is expected to protect more than 900 homes “across six parks from Brunswick to Bangor to Turner to Saco.”
August ‘radio hour’ explores how Maine jails treat addiction
The show offers a behind-the-scenes look at recent Maine Monitor reporting.
Wilton resident challenges Board of Selectpersons to enforce ordinances governing junkyards, other trash
Mike Wells said unsightly homes, yards, abandoned campers and trash hurt Wilton’s economic attractiveness, and stronger enforcement is needed.
Another Maine police department uses an AI startup to write reports
Officers are required by the software to make edits before signing off on the reports, including removing obscure or intentionally incorrect words the company calls “Easter eggs.”
High court: Maine wrongly terminated a mother’s parental rights because she couldn’t find an affordable home
Child welfare authorities said the mother’s inability to move from New Mexico to Maine made her an unfit parent. The state’s highest court disagreed with that finding on Tuesday.
Rangeley Board of Selectmen prioritizes hiring new code officer, flags major Scenic Byways contract error
Oquossoc project needs 220 cubic yards of loam, but the contract budgets only 3.2 — a $72,000 discrepancy.
Petition challenges Maine Library Commission’s draft library rules
Commission to continue work on its own proposed standards Wednesday as yearlong rulemaking process advances.
They wanted to restore wild oyster reefs to the Maine coast. Could it be done?
A team in Phippsburg has been working for nearly a decade to get wild oysters to regenerate in Maine’s cold, turbulent waters.