All University of Maine athletic teams will not compete on the road or on campus through at least February 4th at which time we will review next steps according to Dan Demeritt, Executive Director of Public Affairs.  This coincides with … Continue reading →

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-ME.) today was elected to serve as House Appropriations Committee Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Subcommittee, Chair. After seven years on the House Appropriations Committee, Pingree will chair the Subcommittee that oversees discretionary spending for the Department … Continue reading →

Approximately 75 Maine National Guardsmen will provide support to the District of Columbia National Guard and federal agencies for the next several weeks. The majority of these soldiers are a part of the original 200 that supported the inauguration, but … Continue reading →

Governor Janet Mills today proposed a series of actions to advance the nation’s first floating offshore wind research array in federal waters and to protect Maine’s more heavily fished state waters according to a press release issued today by the … Continue reading →

“Students are isolated from their peers.  This creates challenges for families who are working with their schedules,” said Peter Harrison Ph.D., principal of the Eliot Elementary School, Eliot.  A many-year educator, he began his career as an educator at Woodford … Continue reading →

A suspicious package made up of feathers surrounding a box along with a spray painted message was found by employees of the Portland Museum of Art, located at 7 Congress Square Plaza at 3:00 pm on Saturday, January 23, 2021. … Continue reading →

On Friday, January 22, 2021, at 12:22 pm., a man driving a car with a Vermont license plate had stopped in the area of 656 Congress Street when he was attacked by a man and a woman after they yelled … Continue reading →

The owners of the former Scarborough Downs harness racing track have donated use of the facility’s grandstand to MaineHealth, so it can open a high-volume COVID-19 vaccination clinic according to a press release issued by John Porter, of MaineHealth. Crossroad … Continue reading →

Planning for a statewide Maine College of Engineering, Computing and Information Science (MCECIS) began today with a virtual vision session involving 180 leaders in industry and education according to a press release issued this morning.  Participants included faculty and staff … Continue reading →

Yesterday the three Commissioners of Piscataquis County signed a Resolution of Protest condemning the COVID-19 policies that Governor Janet Mills instituted and stating that these policies should be lifted. The Resolution of Protest alleged that the Governor’s policies defy our … Continue reading →