The Maine Monitor

Nobody cares about this elected position in Maine until things go wrong

Washington County may stop electing a treasurer, a position crucial to managing public funds but requires no financial ...
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The Maine Monitor welcomes housing reporter

Taylor Nichols joins The Maine Monitor as a Roy W. Howard Fellow through the Scripps Howard Fund and will cover statewide ...
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Across the country, older men are dying at higher rates of gun suicide. Here’s what that looks like in Maine.

More older Mainers died by gun suicide than in car crashes over a 15-year period, data that mirrors a troubling trend across ...
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Trump administration pulls climate change signs from Acadia National Park

Acadia is changing, so are we,” read one of the signs. “The rapidly changing climate requires new approaches to restoration.” ...
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See where all of Maine’s delivery wards and nursing homes have closed in the last decade

Over the last decade, 26 nursing homes have closed, leaving 78 operating across the state. Maine, which has the oldest ...