News Archive

April - 2007

Down East casino
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA Baldacci has promised to veto the bill when it reaches his desk because he does not approve of casinos as a means of economic development and because of the ...

Is New Pesticide Less Than Bee-nign?
Ellsworth American - Ellsworth,ME,USA “The Farm Bill is up for renewal by September,” noted Flanagan, speaking late last week from his Boston office. The bulk of the money usually goes to the ...

IFW News -- Protecting Wildlife For Future Generations
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA The fact is, as the recent Brooking’s report points out, that change is upon Maine. Every county has shown an influx recently, folks in many southern and ...

Appropriations Committee's education plan headed to Legislature
VillageSoup Belfast - Belfast,ME,USA Legislators from the rural or less-populated parts of the state are vowing a fight. “There may be up to 70 people who are not going to vote for the budget,” ...

Pat LaMarche: Relearning lessons of global change
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA ... of domestic jobs with wind power. There’s hope. Many in the United States are trying to get our government to act. This Saturday, 32 Maine locations, ...

Consolidation: Newest version already troubled
KeepMEcurrent.com - Scarborough,ME,USA Schatz was referring to members of the rural caucus, who have been waiting for a final draft of the consolidation bill to make their move. ...

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March - 2007

All together now and wired
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA The threat of school-district reform has provoked Maine into talking about the value of local communities again, but the discussion almost never extends ...

Economic leaders: Somerset needs more broadband
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA Some 50 people were on hand at the Skowhegan Community Center as the Somerset Economic Development Corporation unveiled its updated plan for the county. ...

Legislative panel backs Indians' racino plan
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA ... are the lowest in Maine, he said. "That part of the state seems to be forgotten when it comes to economic development," he said. "This isn'ta cure-all. ...

Bangor crafting cultural policy to boost the arts
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA "Timing is critical," said Sally Bates, an economic development officer for Bangor. "You’re always working out a way, but I think we’ve created the ...

Millinocket resort plan draws little criticism
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA The disparity was perhaps most evident Wednesday night by the fact that none of Maine’s major environmental organizations spoke against Polstein’s proposal. ...

Residents challenged to fight warming
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA Kennebunk's challenge program will involve such tasks as composting, washing clothes in cold water, purchasing renewable energy and using compact ...

Perry voters narrowly OK $3.6 million deal with LNG developer
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA In February, voters at Indian Township overwhelmingly approved a tax agreement between the Passamaquoddy Tribe and Quoddy Bay. The developer now has the ...

Island Institute Releases 'Island Indicators' Report
Earthtimes.org - USA This is especially noteworthy given that Maine's state median income lags well behind the national median of $41994. -- Lobstering and tourism are ...

Norwegian company sets up shop in Biddeford
KeepMEcurrent.com - Scarborough,ME,USA Besides topographical similarities to Norway and the natural beauty of Maine, the support his company received from Mayor Nutting and Economic Development ...

Money sought to boost biofuels
SunJournal.com (subscription) - Lewiston,ME,USA AUGUSTA - Biorefineries could bring an economic boost to rural Maine, but no developer wants to be first, said Scott Christiansen, executive director of the ...

Grand Opening held Friday for Corinth Wood Pellets
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA John Baldacci, along with Economic Development Director John Richardson, gubernatorial adviser Jack Cashman and Town Manager Don Strout were on hand to ...

Fresh local produce ripe for low-income seniors
VillageSoup Belfast - Belfast,ME,USA ... agencies and organizations, including the Maine Office of Elder Services, University of Maine Cooperative Extension and the Maine Nutrition Network. ...

MANUFACTURERS RALLY TO KEEP MAINE COMPETITIVE
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA Manufacturing employs 58000 of Maine’s citizens, or 12 percent of Maine’s private sector workforce. Many of those workers live in rural areas. ...

Wild blueberries the subject of first Rural Life Program series
VillageSoup Belfast - Belfast,ME,USA The featured speaker will be Mark Hutchinson, Associate Extension Professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. ...

New owner to move Penobscots' mail-order pharmacy to Aroostook
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA Economic development officials said the company's decision to locate in Aroostook County was a matter of being in the right place at the right time. ...

Maine may be buoyed by international sailing series
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA "The World Match Racing Tour event will benefit Maine on many different economic levels, including tourism, business development, boat building and marine ...

Company seeks approval for second wind farm
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA ... is seeking state approval to go ahead with an even larger project in a remote area of eastern Maine. Evergreen Wind Power LLC has filed an application ...

PIN Rx sold; 40 jobs expected in County
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA Officials said the pharmacy would provide economic development to the tribe as well as fill MaineCare prescriptions for less cost than a retail pharmacy. ...

Wind farm would be NE's largest
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA Maine politicians, including Gov. John Baldacci, have widely touted wind power as a key to reducing the state and region's dependence on power plants that ...

'Smart' forum to focus on economic growth
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA WATERVILLE -- Area residents wanting to see Maine prosper and grow in ways that benefit and protect the state are invited to attend a community forum ...

Lengthen the school year?
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA Another proposal, to benefit the tourism industry, would require schools to wait until after Labor Day to start the school year. ...

Attention deficit feeding economic malaise
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA The most significant conclusion of the Brookings Report with respect to state economic development policy was that we "failed to adequately sustain (our) ...

USDA funds available for forest landowners
VillageSoup Belfast - Belfast,ME,USA WARREN (March 12): Forest landowners may be eligible to receive funding in 2007 through the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to develop a ...

Maine's $2.6 billion in exports sets record
SunJournal.com (subscription) - Lewiston,ME,USA ... product here than we were last year - a 13.7 percent increase is a healthy one," said John Richardson, Maine's commissioner of economic development. ...

Maine barely makes grade in economic report card
KeepMEcurrent.com - Scarborough,ME,USA AUGUSTA (March 6, 2007): Maine’s economy has stalled based on some key indicators in an annual report card released last Wednesday, and investments are ...

Report shows state needs to refocus, get back to basics
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA ... the Maine economy, which called for greater government efficiency and investing most of the savings in communities, education and economic development. ...

Land Use Questions
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA Cataloging what land is open to the public in Maine and what activities are allowed on it will be helpful. But a task force created by the governor last ...

Learn about energy, climate, agriculture with MOFGA
VillageSoup Belfast - Belfast,ME,USA UNITY (March 5): The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association will sponsor a day of lectures and discussions on issues related to energy, ...

Reichert: There’s more than one way to grow
VillageSoup Belfast - Belfast,ME,USA The project is meant to balance community growth and local values with transportation services and needs. Gateway 1 is funded by the Maine Department of ...

East Boothbay boatyard a 'victim of success'
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA David Milan, Bucksport’s economic development director, already has begun talking with officials at Eastern Maine Community College to identify specific ...

Maine hospitals will work together
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA A growing shortage of nurses and physicians in rural areas and proposed cuts in federal Medicare payments also are creating fears that hospitals' fiscal ...

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February - 2007

Proposals aid students who study, stay in Maine
KeepMEcurrent.com - Scarborough,ME,USA AUGUSTA (Feb 28, 2007): A proposal that would provide state income-tax credits to offset student loans to graduates of Maine colleges or universities who ...

Program will train workers in skills employers look for
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA As executive director of the Somerset Economic Development Corp., Jim Batey has been talking to county employers for years. Batey mentioned teamwork ...

Governor nominates Passamaquoddy Indian to serve on UMS board
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA ... the Passamaquoddy Tribe, educator Wayne Newell, was nominated Monday by Gov. John Baldacci to the board of trustees for the University of Maine System. ...

Collins: Study licenses as passport alternative
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA The requirement drew complaints in Maine, where people cross the border routinely for shopping, business or tourism. The $97 cost of a passport is widely ...

Grow with the flow
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA Biofuels have come a long way in Maine over the past six years. Collecting vats of used fish-frying grease to blend with home-heating oil and diesel fuel ...

Rural Maine Scrambles in Midst of a Propane Shortage
New York Times - New York,NY,USA Officials at the Washington-Hancock Community Agency, which coordinates federal heating relief in the easternmost corner of Maine, said many low-income ...

Composite panels designed to save troops
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA "We know this technology works," said Jake Ward, executive director of UM’s Office of Research and Economic Development. The product meets military specs ...

Biodiesel Plant Plans Still On Track in Bucksport
Ellsworth American - Ellsworth,ME,USA “Because companies like that in the area have indicated they would like to see renewable energy used in the marketplace.” Dirigo is also looking into a new ...

Surry to Hold Future Visioning Forum
Ellsworth American - Ellsworth,ME,USA Ron Beard of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension will moderate the forum. Carlisle said residents at the forum would break into groups to discuss ...

Brookings Institution Report Discussed
Ellsworth American - Ellsworth,ME,USA Limit unsustainable programs, such as Dirigo, and put that money towards economic development, said Crosthwaite. Koffman said Maine’s tax system is ...

Ocean Renewable Power Company Receives $300K From The Maine ...
Power Online (press release) - Horsham,FL,USA “Reviewers felt it showed a great deal of promise and builds on Maine’s natural tidal resources as a source of renewable energy.” ...

Maine’s blueberry growers uneasy about latest honeybee die-off
Boston Herald - Boston,MA,USA ... not just about the cost but even availability,” said Dave Yarborough, blueberry specialist with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. ...

Katahdin region puts out call for a veterinarian to serve rural ...
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA Committee member Alyce Maragus and Lisa McLaughlin of the Millinocket Area Growth and Investment Council met informally Monday to discuss the initiative. ...

Camden author’s novel reflects heritage
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA ... Newfoundland, Quebec Province and Maine. My grandfather was a product of such an intermarriage, and he was very proud of his Micmac heritage. ...

Forum members say other avenues need exploration
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA Enlisting help from a consulting group, the Somerset County Economic Development Corp. is working to update an eight year old economic-development strategy ...

Michaud sees green at Bates
SunJournal.com (subscription) - Lewiston,ME,USA Using biofuels and recycling is part of the solution, he said. "We're not going to solve global warming overnight. It's going to take a lot of small steps ...

Selling Homeowners a Solar Dream
Wired News - USA Indeed, Citizenr 's offer is generating a furor in renewable energy circles, fueled by the company's own secrecy and an unusual business plan that combines ...

Pair turns from claws to hoofs
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA ... of the Department of Agriculture, who will demonstrate ultrasound, as well as livestock specialists from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, ...

Maine has shortage of dentists
Kennebec Journal - Augusta,ME,USA "When you look inside the mouth of somebody from rural Maine, it doesn't look terribly different from what you see in the Third World," she said. ...

Maine residents leave generous donation to the American Cancer Society
knox.VillageSoup.com - Rockland,ME,USA This innovative program trains local volunteer "navigators" in rural eastern and northern Maine to provide hands-on guidance for newly diagnosed cancer ...

Higher lodging tax gains favor
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA Carnrick is in favor of the move, one of the many recommendations that came out of a much-publicized recent Brookings Institution report on Maine's future. ...

Local agencies share funding for food and shelter
Kennebec Journal - Augusta,ME,USA Also: Clinton Community Food Bank, $1500; Evening Sandwich Program, Waterville, $2138; Greater Waterville Area Food Bank, $2000; Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter, ...

Quoddy Bay vows to forge ahead on LNG
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA ... calling Wilson’s letter an "unwarranted intrusion of Canadian political leaders seeking to control US access to Maine ports of Passamaquoddy Bay." ...

Mid-State Machine expands workforce, boosts sale with lucrative ...
Kennebec Journal - Augusta,ME,USA Dorval said the company also is working on gaining more contracts in the wind power industry and the oil and gas sector. "My vision is to deal with four or ...

David Gross: Conserving land preserves what makes Maine special
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA Perhaps most importantly, the movement to protect large, beautiful portions of the Maine landscape does not stand in the way of economic development. ...

Airport backers pin hopes to grant application
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA Area municipal officials, pilots, real estate agents, and those involved in economic development were among those who determined that creating an airport ...

MMA Launches Renewable TEDEC
Ellsworth American - Ellsworth,ME,USA CASTINE — Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) has announced that it is moving forward with plans to establish a world-class Tidal Energy Device Evaluation Center ...

Canada formally objects to LNG tankers in Canadian waters
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA ... gas tankers through tricky Canadian waters to get to liquefied natural gas terminals that are being proposed on the Maine side of Passamaquoddy Bay. ...

Rockport: Family time seen as new tourist trend
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA With one-third of US households having children, Maine tourism marketing would do well to aim at this demographic, he said. The gas price at which travelers ...

Turnpike widening plan gets big boost
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA ... the Maine State Police, the Maine State Chamber of Commerce, the city of Portland and the Maine Tourism Association said the widening would reduce ...

Bill backs stem cell research
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA ... bond for human stem cell research would provide a needed boost to Maine's economy, which suffers from a dying paper industry and an aging population. ...

taps into
Kennebec Journal - Augusta,ME,USA It's a rural back road and that's the way Gorrill likes it. "People should really support Maine brewing, and drink Maine beer," the brewmaster declared. ...

CAN INTERNET USERS ALTER PUBLIC POLICY ON CLIMATE CHANGE?
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA An author and blogger by the name of Philip Harris in Maine has come up with the idea of circulating his “OPEN LETTER TO WORLD LEADER ON GLOBAL WARMING” ...

Politics to complicate energy conflicts
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA Robert Evans of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory followed Bogachev, and he painted a different picture. He said windmills should be built everywhere ...

State House veteran takes tourism reins
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA Steve Lyons, a longtime tourism office staffer, said there is an $8 return for every $1 spent on marketing Maine. But funds remain limited. ...

Center creating opportunities
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA The United Way, International Paper (Verso), Aristotle Investors, Sugarloaf, Kyes Insurance and the Maine Community Foundation have supported efforts to ...

After Redington: We need a wind power siting study
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA Maine policymakers need to see Publicover's presentation, study the issue and then regulate suitable locations for industrial wind power in Maine. ...

Baldacci, premier pursue power-share partnership
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA The Chamber of Commerce has strongly encouraged the state to collaborate with Canada on economic development efforts, the governor said. Both Maine and New ...

New Brunswick Maine, ink pact on electricity
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA Under the plan, Maine residents will be able to enroll at in-country rates in programs such as international business, international tourism, ...

Quoddy Bay agrees to pay town $90 million over 25 years
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA Quoddy Bay LLC wants to build a liquefied natural gas terminal at the Passamaquoddy Tribe's Pleasant Point. From there, the gas would be transferred to ...

Banks, manufacturers offer new ways to finance solar
MarketWatch - USA But since credit typically means paying back interest as well as the loan amount, using credit to pay for renewable energy may eat up some of the monthly ...

Moosehead mill to shut down
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA John Holden, interim executive director of the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council said Moosehead workers tried everything they could to succeed ...

Maine Women's Fund Launches Blog
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA “In a state as big and rural as Maine, we’re hoping it will work because blogs are cost effective and have huge potential for focusing our power to make ...

Profile of a Non-Profit Advocacy Group – GrowSmart Maine
Lincoln County News - Damarsicotta,ME,USA People involved in the tourism industry are incensed the Brookings report is calling for a hike in the lodging tax, from 7 to 10 percent, to help pay for ...

Lawmakers urge support for land bond
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA ... bills will have to compete with more than 60 other bond requests for everything from bridge repair to research on stem cells and Maine-made biofuels. ...

Proposed: National Center for Sustainable Technologies
Cleantech Blog - San Francisco,CA,USA The Brunswick Naval Air Station on the midcoast of Maine is on the Pentagon's list: the base realignment and closure process, a recurring cost-cutting ...

Bright ideas
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA Saco also is clearly among Maine's greenest communities. The new wind turbine is considered a small test to see the potential for wind power. ...

GrowSmart grows up under Caron leadership
KeepMEcurrent.com - Scarborough,ME,USA AUGUSTA (Feb 7, 2007): This story is part of a series of profiles on Maine organizations that attempt to influence the Legislature, the governor and the ...

Legislators hear merger views
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA AUGUSTA - David Marshall spoke for many when he urged lawmakers Monday to reject any radical consolidation of Maine's school districts like the one proposed ...

'Greening the Good Life' - Green Options Launches New Web Portal
Newswire Today (press release) - London, UK Green Options, a Berkeley-based renewable energy and green lifestyle company, has launched its web portal, GreenOptions.com, to the public. ...

Bush's budget has good lines and bad lines for Maine
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA "It should be especially gratifying in Maine, where national park visitors have helped build tourism into one of the state's economic pillars with forestry, ...

PLUM CREEK Revised plan is cause for optimism
Kennebec Journal - Augusta,ME,USA ... character of the area and on forestry and nature-based tourism. Cathy Johnson, North Woods project director for the Natural Resources Council of Maine, ...

The Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire
... released a report showing the impact of a minimum wage hike would have on rural workers. It found that a higher percentage of rural low-wage workers would benefit from the proposed $7.25 increase.

The Economic Research Service
... released new information about the well-being of rural workers, including farm laborers, the changing structure of rural labor markets and trends in rural educational achievement.

Maine's grades improve in 'gold standard' study
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA Chris Rector, R-Thomaston lead republican on the legislatures’ Business, Research and Economic Development Committee. "It is on the tech transfer that we ...

Workload puts strain on land-use agency
Kennebec Journal - Augusta, ME, USA Also expected to appear before LURC are an application for a separate subdivision on Moosehead, and possibly at least one more wind power project. ...

Moms get nutrition, exercise lessons
SunJournal.com - Lewiston,ME,USA The classes will be taught by nutritionists at the University of Maine's Cooperative Extension school in Paris, Crawford said. ...

Boat-building study says bigger's better
MaineToday.com - Portland, ME, USA Maine's boat-building industry is poised to grow, but only if boatyards can operate more efficiently, according to a new industry study. ...

Developer again revises plan for Moosehead Lake project
Boston Globe - Boston, MA, USA ... economic development and public access needs. The revised plan has not yet been submitted to Maine's Land Use Regulation Commission. ...

Chancellor candidate visits flagship campus
Bangor Daily News - Bangor, ME, USA He stressed the importance of cooperative extension in being the "eyes and ears" for the system to help address concerns of specific communities. ...

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January - 2007

Bush Seeks to Cut Farm Program
The Associated Press - January 31, 2007 They like the structure of this farm bill, but they have a big vision for the future. Thousands of the richest farmers would lose their government subsidies under a Bush administration plan to curb spending. ...

Maine celebrates first fruits from $25M greenhouse
BurlingtonFreePress.com - Burlington, VT, USA "We want to go to renewable energy all the way around," he said. The company also emphasizes its state-of-the-art technology and environmentally friendly ...

Ethanol's mixed reviews
Bangor Daily News - Bangor, ME, USA In Old Town, for instance, one of the other companies that has signed on to the mill redevelopment project, Tamarack Energy, a renewable-energy developer, ...

Johanns Announces $6.4 Million
for Rural Development
USDA will provide more than $6.4 million in grant funds to 33 organizations in 22 states ...

Elizabeth A. Wilson: Maine, US must pay heed to Europe's energy policy
Bangor Daily News - Bangor, ME, USA They are leaders in wind, solar and biofuels technologies. Europe’s policy efforts are focused on sustainable building standards, more efficient vehicles, ...

Maine's path to progress clear, but not exactly painless
MaineToday.com - Portland, ME, USA ... in both state government and education to reduce Maine's tax burden and finance part of the economic development efforts recommended in the report. ...

The Third Time Around
Ellsworth American - Ellsworth, ME, USA That would seem to be the game plan for the Passamaquoddy tribe and others promoting a harness racing track and accompanying racino in Washintgton County. ...

'Art of Eating Well' on display at bank
SunJournal.com - Lewiston, ME, USA In 2005, the Western Mountains Alliance (WMA), with financial support from the WK Kellogg Foundation and in partnership with the Maine Alternative ...

Expiration of US law puts rural schools' funding in jeopardy
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act, which expired Dec. 31, will cost Arizona nearly $7.3 million if Congress doesn't agree to ...

Group will push for Plum Creek plan as intervenor
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta, ME, USA SKOWHEGAN -- Somerset Economic Development Corp. voted Friday to contact the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council. It was seen as a first step ...

WIND POWER Rejection casts doubt on state projects
Kennebec Journal - Augusta, ME, USA Maine has by far the most wind power potential of any of the New England states, according to the association, but it only has about 50 megawatts of ...

Farms, churches link up through local agriculture
SunJournal.com - Lewiston, ME, USA Anne D. Burt, who works as a director for environmental justice with the Maine Council of Churches, said MOFGA received a three-year grant from Sustainable ...

Lack of snow crippling to Katahdin
Bangor Daily News - Bangor, ME, USA The Millinocket Area Growth and Investment Council wants to change that. MAGIC can’t wave its wand and make it snow, but it is working with its client towns ...

Baldacci picks Pat Eltman to be state tourism director
Brunswick Times Record - Brunswick, ME, USA "As I work to reorganize the Department of Economic Development and work toward the planned merger with the Department of Professional and Financial ...

NH, Maine get mixed grades
Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth, NH, USA PORTSMOUTH -- The Corporation for Economic Development's state-by-state rankings for 2007, released in early January, shed light on some trends in the ...

FairPoint CEO hopes to upgrade rural service
Brunswick Times Record - Brunswick, ME, USA FairPoint has been in Maine since 1994. Johnson said that now about 90 percent of its customers from Fort Kent to Fryeburg have access to broadband. ...

Rural Beneficiaries Enrolling in Medicare Drug Benefit, but Have Fewer Options
Jan 24, 2007 -- The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) is cautiously optimistic about the enrollment rate of rural beneficiaries in the Medicare Drug Benefit Program, but ...

Study: R&D grants pay off for Maine
MaineToday.com - Portland, ME, USA ... MTI's track record shows the benefits of such investments as part of a long-term process to transform Maine into an innovation-based economy, ...

Office of Innovation hires new director
MaineToday.com - Portland, ME, USA Renault replaces Janet Yancey-Wrona, who left the office in September to become the chief operating officer of Aiko Pharmaceuticals in southern Maine. ...

Fresh Vegetables Make Healthy School Lunches
Lincoln County News - Damarsicotta, ME, USA. The project has far reaching consequences for public health, sustainable agriculture and economic opportunity in the state of Maine...

Maine arts panel lauded for programs
Bangor Daily News - Bangor, ME, USA. It was a big-city moment for a rural state Saturday when the Maine Arts Commission received national commendation for outstanding arts...

Baldacci thanks couple for $1.5 million gift to Husson
Boston Globe - Boston, MA, USA "This is a wonderful example of public and private collaboration for rural Maine and it develops international opportunities and cooperation," the governor...

Watering the Net Roots
Linux Journal - USA Kurt Adams, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission in Maine, said he cannot comment on details, but that merger hearings would likely focus on ...

Rural Areas Short on Dentists
Jan 11, 2007 -- Missourian.com article reports that when people in rural areas do decide to go to ...