September 2026

From the archive.

Outdoors

Guarded Secrets, Vintage Sleds: Montville's Runner Sled Race Returns Feb. 14

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Franklin Savings Bank's $20,000 Boosts Ellsworth Field Safety Upgrades

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Preservation

Fort Knox's $7.9 Million Repair Bill Tops Maine's Historic-Site Needs

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New Owner

FERC Ends Woodland Pulp's Hydropower, Hands Border Dam to Conservation Nonprofit

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Property Rules

Presque Isle Landlords Fight Vacant-Building Fines of Up to $2,500 a Day

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New Business

Dental Hygienist Bets $40,000 on Aroostook's First Fat-Freezing Spa

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Closing

Winterport Winery Closes After 25 Years As Owners Choose Family Over Business

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State Title

After Three Losses to Bangor Christian, Penobscot Valley Repeats as Champion

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Winter Sports

Skijor Bangor Returns With 44 Teams, Reviving Maine's Triple Crown Chase

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Campaign Cash

Democrats Pingree, Bellows Outraise Rivals As Republicans Self-Fund Bids

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OSHA Fine

OSHA Fines Woodland Pulp $794,456 After Gas Leak Killed Two

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AI Errors

AI Chatbots Mislead Acadia Visitors on Reservations, Trails and Shuttle

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Power Bills

FERC Ruling Puts CMP, Versant in Line for Share of $1 Billion in Refunds

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New Ferry

Maine's New $21.9 Million Ferry Is New England's Only Hybrid

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Real Estate

Blue Hill's Top Recent Sale, $5.75 Million, Skipped the Open Market

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Closures

MaineCare Shortfall Forces Caribou Agency to Cut 12 Jobs, Drop 154 Clients

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New Restaurant

Restaurateur Who Planned To Retire Opens Bistro Named For Unborn Son

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Campaign Turmoil

Platner Strategist Warned Ex-Aide She'd Be Branded a Liar Before Story Ran

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Wildlife

Too Close Can Kill: A Birder's Three Rules for Watching Maine's Snowy Owls

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New Branch

County Federal Credit Union Swaps Leased Bangor Branch For Owned, Bigger Site

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Small Business

Millinocket Mobile Mechanic Books a Month Out Across Dozens of Towns

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Trail Work

Volunteers Carve New Stone Staircase Into Tumbledown Trail

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Fish Kill

Second Outage In 3 Years At Brookfield Dam May Have Killed Thousands Of Fish

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Ruled Accidental

Video Shows Apparent Explosion As Damariscotta Boat Fire Injures One

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Buyer Tips

Buyer Quit His Job, Bought a Truck Before Closing — Deal Fell Through

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Health Workforce

Sun Life Renews Funding for Program That Placed 80+ in Maine Health Jobs

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Farm Fallout

King Hill Farm Sales Fell 60% As Blue Hill Co-op's Orders Stalled

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State Title

Cheverus Erases 10-Point Deficit in Final Minutes to Win Class A Title

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Safety

Deer Isle Kayak Death Fits a Deadly Pattern: No Life Jacket

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State Budget

Democrats Add Millionaire Tax to Mills' Final Budget Over GOP Objections

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