# opioid (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover opioid. Page: Feed: --- ## [Kingfield withdrawal from MSAD 58 advancing to a November vote](https://themainemonitor.org/kingfield-withdrawal-advancing-november-vote/) _2026-08-21 · Ben Hanstein · The Maine Monitor_ Short-term budget planning has been complicated by Strong and Phillips also planning to withdraw from the district, but all are not on the same timeline. ## [Department of Education has conditionally accepted plan for Strong to withdraw from SAD 58](https://themainemonitor.org/doe-conditionally-accepts-strong-withdrawal-plan/) _2026-08-21 · Ben Hanstein · The Maine Monitor_ Strong residents will vote on whether to implement the plan on Nov. 3. At least two-thirds of those voting must approve withdrawal to move forward. ## [Officials review more than a dozen active land use ordinances as they prepare to revise Kingfield’s ordinance](https://themainemonitor.org/officials-prepare-revise-kingfield-land-use-ordinance/) _2026-08-21 · Ashton F. LeCraw · The Maine Monitor_ The revision was prompted by an application from Bowdoin College to site a camping area on land it owns near Iron Mountain. ## [Robin Crockett hired as new principal at Spruce Mountain Elementary School](https://themainemonitor.org/new-principal-spruce-mountain-elementary-school/) _2026-08-21 · Bob Neal · The Maine Monitor_ RSU 73 adopted new dress code standards Thursday, now requiring every student’s “upper body must be fully covered” by clothing. ## [Federal regulators accept preliminary permit for underwater data center off Eastport](https://themainemonitor.org/regulators-accept-preliminary-permit-eastport-datacenter/) _2026-08-21 · Melissa S. Razdrih · The Maine Monitor_ A public hearing is scheduled for Monday on two citizen-initiated ordinances that would ban large-scale data center projects. ## [Waterville to form working group to tackle plan for pedestrian and cyclist safety, transit and parking](https://themainemonitor.org/waterville-forms-mobility-working-group/) _2026-08-21 · Charley DiAdamo · The Maine Monitor_ City officials want the committee to identify danger spots, test new approaches and guide long‑term planning to improve travel safety. ## [Lubec School Department moves to limit public access to the community playground](https://themainemonitor.org/lubec-school-limit-access-playground/) _2026-08-21 · Ethan Bien · The Maine Monitor_ 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](https://themainemonitor.org/library-commission-supports-paid-director-requirement/) _2026-08-20 · Judith Meyer · The Maine Monitor_ 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?](https://themainemonitor.org/can-maine-stem-seagrass-decline/) _2026-08-20 · Delger Erdenesanaa · The Maine Monitor_ 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](https://themainemonitor.org/hidden-circle-celebrates-mobile-home-park-purchase/) _2026-08-20 · Bob Neal · The Maine Monitor_ 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.” ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GsX3oUGdzWzv) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [August ‘radio hour’ explores how Maine jails treat addiction](https://themainemonitor.org/radio-episode-28/) _2026-08-20 · The Maine Monitor · The Maine Monitor_ 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](https://themainemonitor.org/wilton-resident-challenges-board-enforce-ordinances/) _2026-08-20 · Bob Neal · The Maine Monitor_ 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](https://themainemonitor.org/rockland-police-ai-reports/) _2026-08-19 · Daniel O'Connor · The Maine Monitor_ 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](https://themainemonitor.org/maine-wrongly-terminated-parental-rights-affordable-home/) _2026-08-19 · Josh Keefe · The Maine Monitor_ 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](https://themainemonitor.org/rangeley-flags-scenic-byways-contract-error/) _2026-08-18 · Ashton F. LeCraw · The Maine Monitor_ 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](https://themainemonitor.org/petition-challenges-draft-library-rules/) _2026-08-18 · Judith Meyer · The Maine Monitor_ 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?](https://themainemonitor.org/restoring-wild-oyster-reefs/) _2026-08-18 · Abi Brissett · The Maine Monitor_ A team in Phippsburg has been working for nearly a decade to get wild oysters to regenerate in Maine’s cold, turbulent waters.