East Machias

The system will supply 36% of the company's electricity needs at the plant, and is expected to deliver an estimated $218,000 in savings over the lifetime of the installation.

A roundup of new hires, promotions and achievements at businesses, nonprofits, health care operations and professional services firms in Maine.

The funds are expected to take the buildings “from imminent danger to become viable reuse projects, providing expanded economic, cultural, and community opportunity.”

The historic church, placed on the National Register of Historic Places a half century ago, had major failure and rot to many key timbers supporting the tower.

The growth of the cannabis industry in Maine and elsewhere has fertilized another type of business: soil for all the pot plants.

The recipients plan to use the funds to improve access to health care, with the goals of building healthy communities, strengthening the health care workforce and achieving health equity. 

From repairing a rural library to expanding a food pantry to upgrading other essential and important facilities, the federal funds are designed to improve the quality of life for residents in these Maine communities.

That figure was the recent median sales price for a single-family home in Maine. But with aging housing stock, and wide disparities among different communities across the state, what does $237,900 really get you?

The university and the salmon-restoration organization will combine resources in an effort to strengthen area aquatic conservation efforts.

Four rural school districts, a community health organization and the Rockland-based Island Institute have received more than...