The Maine Monitor

The Maine Monitor has been a member of Linktree for 6 years and joined in August 2020. The social media accounts linked to from The Maine Monitor are: • Facebook • Instagram • Spotify • YouTube • Apple Podcasts • X Besides social media accounts, mainemonitor has populated their site with: • Get Email Newsletters on What Matters Most to YOU in Maine • Lawmakers open to nuclear as clean energy, skeptical of “new nuclear” • 🎧 Tune in to The Maine Monitor Radio Hour | WERU 89.9 FM • As birthing units continue to close, potential solutions emerge • Maine health providers cautious, but optimistic on AI • Legislature considers push for MaineCare to cover doula services • How Maine's childhood vaccination rates have fared • Advocates confident Maine laws will protect trans youth • How much federal education funding is at risk in Maine? • Child care providers struggle to receive state's reimbursements • As birthing units close, where do midwives fit in? • Birthing unit closures hitting rural Maine hard • How Franklin County, Maine is using its ARPA funds • Washington County public safety building set to open in April • How Penobscot County spent $2 million of its ARPA funds • Flagg Days: Cooper and Ace Flagg thrive in return to Maine • Genius Black named Maine Arts Commission fellow • Garbage in Maine landfills is up nearly 50 percent • Health care advocates prioritize gun violence in legislative session • How pesticides, road salt threaten Maine's water supply • Washington County hospital, union in contentious contract talks • Illegal rockweed harvesting cases dismissed in court • Do gun regulations equal fewer shootings? Lessons from New England • Opinion: Republicans must decide whether to follow the Trump path • Story of Sherman Kentucky Ferguson; Interview with David Patrick • COVID is still killing people. Here’s what doctors advise to stay safe. • Funds sought for more rural police officers in Maine • How teaching at Colby College while incarcerated changed my life • Record number of disasters show climate crisis urgency in Maine • Gardiner businesses hurt by insurance coverage revelations • Eesha Pendharkar joins The Maine Monitor • Regulators eye $148K fine for violations at Embden solar farm • Lewiston commission grills sheriff’s office on training, response • Tribal gaming on front-burner with sports betting taking off • What the data says about drug decriminalization in Oregon • Maine lighthouses hit with millions in storm damage • Eastport airport aims to bring passenger flights, cargo services • The price of picking blueberries in rural Maine • How Maine struggles to handle troubled youth • Flagpole of Freedom project dropped • Floods expose weaknesses in Maine's notification systems • Planning a pathway to home electrification • Washington County mitigation plans being eyed after storms • Opinion: An election that will shape much more than the U.S. • Job Openings at The Maine Monitor • Firearms sent to be destroyed instead resold as gun part kits • Maine realtors gather for workshop on flooding challenges • Rethinking Maine's coastal infrastructure • Eastport Health Care expands to meet growing needs • Maine rejects plans for Pickett Mountain mine • Maine Monitor investigation a semi-finalist for Goldsmith Prize • Why hasn't Maine's Leonard Leo been subpoenaed? • Mt. Blue sees absenteeism drop, but not enough • Putting a February weather rollercoaster in context • Impact of affirmative action ruling unclear in Maine • State proposes $250k fine for Worcester cabins • Help us report on Maine pharmacies • Solar farm proposed in Cutler; town passes moratorium ordinance • Three small Washington County schools face similar challenges differently • The obscure law that complicates offshore wind development • Maine considers exempting all nonprofits from sales tax • Dover-Foxcroft weighs dam removal • A story of Gerald E. Talbot and an interview with Angela Okafor • Outdoor education is good for kids and the planet • Jonesport aquaculture project on hold amid appeal process • Does Maine need a lithium mine? • A tenth of Maine’s pharmacies have closed in the past decade • Election Results: Presidential primaries, State House 122 • Emily Bader named Health Coverage fellow • Maine artist seeks to uncover state's Black future • All Maine students can now get free lunches, no application needed. What does that mean for poverty data? • Using fire to manage forests • Columbia Falls to vote on land-use plan prompted by park proposal • Solar farm projects downsize to comply with new Maine law • Coastal towns, businesses contemplate whether to rebuild or retreat • Worcester files after-the-fact permits for unpermitted cabins • Tribal sovereignty bill may be pared down to consensus issues • Samantha's Sunshine Week event - 3/12 • New public safety building to aid Washington County sheriff's department • New science on Maine's climate future and a call for hope • Gray-New Gloucester basketball's golden opportunity • Machias debates how to fix its deteriorating dike • Meat producers frustrated by slaughterhouse backlogs • Trekking through tribal lands as the Penobscot Nation plans to reacquire 30,000 acres • Can a farm generate solar power and blueberries at once? • Rose Lundy on News Center Maine • March 27 event registration • Maine to open two public defender offices in rural counties • Washington County lags in removing weapons from people at risk • Study finds treating self-neglect can prevent later abuse • Complaint against Maine judge raises question about judicial ethics • Maine’s firefighters swamped with medical calls • Where have all the mussels gone? • Josh Keefe joins The Maine Monitor • Maine Monitor earns three NENPA awards • For young offenders in Maine, justice varies with geography • Committee approves mining law changes for Maine • Panel: How Maine’s saltwater wetlands are under pressure • Making home energy upgrades part of disaster recovery • Technical education programs struggle to meet demands • Washington County libraries prepare for the future • Tourism vs. natural beauty: Lamoine weighs in • New evaluation methods threaten organ donations • Legislation gives Maine power to enforce environmental regulations • Heat pump problems often due to installation, maintenance issues • Bucksport urges closing of defunct landfill • Meet the eclipse chasers • Is a coastal Maine road that keeps washing out worth saving? • Ed techs push for higher pay • Lack of attorneys keeps parents waiting • Nurses, technicians at Machias hospital to strike • Portland offers glimpse of how to adapt to a rising sea • Use of antipsychotics in Maine nursing homes climbs • Maine Recovery Council close to distributing first $9 million • Water problems with Maine housing? It depends who you ask • Burning tires for fuel behind Maine's increase in toxic chemicals • "A Death of Choice" earns AHCJ accolade • Samantha Hogan named finalist for Livingston Award • Weather-related power outages on the rise • New federal rules will require nursing homes to increase staffing • A look back at Maine’s 131st Legislature • Insurance companies pull out of coastal areas • Mainers call for transparency in child welfare system • Overwhelmed Maine educators have ‘nothing left’ for kids • Deadline firm for Bucksport landfill closure amid buyer questions • Maine’s aging wastewater facilities adjust to meet new challenges • Debut episode of The Maine Monitor Radio Hour airs on WERU • Sec. Bellows Event Registration • Diversity & density: How can we embrace climate migration? • Questions surround Maine's opioid settlement process • Lawmakers gut bill aimed at protecting Maine lakes • Machias hospital turns to mediation amid union negotiations • How local Maine officials are spending opioid settlement funds • Number of criminal defense cases awaiting lawyers surpasses 800 • Maine regulators approve mining law changes • Donate to The Maine Monitor newsroom! • Shenna Bellows talks election security ahead of June primary • Maine Recovery Council launches community grant application • Yarmouth moves closer to dam removals on the Royal River • Plans for new Hancock County courthouse draw outcry • A trust fund for Portland's climate progress • Rose Lundy earns recognition for residential care facility investigation • Maine care facilities lack oversight when residents wander away • "Maine has lost sight of parents’ and children's right to be together" • Scenic section of downeast trail reopens • Environmentalists advocate for removal of Kennebec River dams • Brookfield: the dam king of Maine • How The Maine Monitor will focus its election coverage in 2024 • This is why you should have faith in Maine's election process • CBP staffing problems may complicate Eastport tourism season • Native plants make climate-resilient landscapes • Three takeaways from The Monitor’s investigation into elopements • The Maine Monitor welcomes interns, board member • Maine households are worst offenders on food waste • Commission board grows in response to changing Franklin County • Machias recovery home has become a favored place for women • “Local journalism at its finest”: Samantha Hogan wins Livingston Award • Dover-Foxcroft rejects removal, votes to maintain town dam • Here's what to know about Maine's latest emissions inventory • Second 'radio hour' covers opioid settlements, dams, child welfare • Maine has a shortage of home care caregivers • Six months in, Maine’s first public defenders’ office talks strategy • Registration: June 26 event with Rose Lundy • Maine needs 2,300 additional care workers to meet demand • Sanford manufacturer fined for repeated environmental violations • Pesticide spraying is a common occurrence in Maine • Officials worry draft packaging rules will penalize rural communities • Denmark considers tightening regulations on water extraction • Rose's podcast episode • Samantha's podcast episode • Mapping imminent tidal flood risks in Maine • Maine ombudsman ‘not aware’ of the high number of wanderings • There’s a form to help people in crisis. Most don’t know it exists. • Coverage areas announced for two Maine Monitor reporters • Maine announces resource center to aid opioid settlement spending • Climate change, home costs converge to drive up insurance rates • As ecotourism grows, so does desire to maintain Downeast charm • Maine has no testing requirement for medical cannabis • Judges deciding when lack of a lawyer is a constitutional violation • Career Paths in the Nonprofit Landscape Webinar • Why transmission lines will help us fight climate change • Wabanaki organization forges own approach to addiction treatment • Offshore wind port siting raises new conflicts • Maine law does little to curb violence against health care workers • Maine Monitor wins 9 awards from National Newspaper Association • State will decide on Juniper Ridge public benefit by August • Grant program offers caregivers a lifeline • Community solar is booming, but who owns the projects? • Schools struggle to rid their water of ‘forever chemicals’ • Third ‘radio hour’ covers public defense, aging care facilities • Maine’s coastal marshes are at risk as sea levels rise • Checking in on Maine's dams: Here's what you need to know • Pharmacy benefit managers may drive local pharmacy closures • Maine's largest law firms aren't helping with indigent defense crisis • Maine communities mostly in compliance with new housing law • Doubt cast on Maine highway expansion's climate benefits • Maine denies request of Bucksport-area owner to give up dams • Geriatrics workforce grant to help Maine’s rural, tribal communities • Flying over Sears Island puts the offshore wind debate in context • Maine Monitor co-founders to be honored by Maine Press Association • Help us tell Maine’s important stories: Donate now • Gulf of Maine lobsters are experiencing a housing crisis • In Wells, a ghost forest rises • Ambulance vessels could be a solution to Maine's island care crisis • A look at Maine’s aging housing stock • Need for dementia specialists grows in Maine • Fourth 'radio hour' tackles Maine's marshes • Seal Island sees record number of breeding puffins • Grant will help Maine install heat pumps in low-income homes • Development and sea level rise threaten Scarborough marsh • Maine struggles to hire public defenders • Maine Monitor, Associated Press announce collaboration • A letter home from Iceland's fast-melting glaciers • Maine businesses heed lessons as they rebuild from storm damage • In Hancock, a years-long restoration project brings hope to a sinking marsh • Maine nursing home owner set to exit industry after nearly 50 years • Maine police can now get protective custody warrants • In Addison, a question over what is natural • Maine faces lawsuit for failing to adopt EV mandates • Machias dike remains crippled with winter storms approaching • Energy Permitting Reform Act may make it easier to build in U.S. • Patients, advocates say Modivcare fails to live up to agreement • Lundy, Hogan earn Publick Occurrences awards • Fall in Maine is arriving later, getting warmer • How Norridgewock is prepping for its next disaster • Farmington, Sanford lead state in solar development • Tracking how much Maine private university employees earn • September ‘radio hour’ highlights approaches to addiction recovery • How 7 wealthy summer residents halted MDI workforce housing • How much do top public university employees make in Maine? • These local officials are working to make sure Mainers get to vote • Development and rising seas threaten Maine's salt marshes • Commission considers public flood insurance • Join us for our Belfast event on Sept. 17! • 15th Anniversary Merchandise Pop-up Shop • Maine's new $36 million home energy rebate program • How a lost dog was found after 50 days in Maine • Why is building and renovating schools so expensive? • Takeaways from Maine watchdog's investigation of child deaths • Efforts to open new Farmington homeless shelter have failed • Register to attend "Stripped for Parts" screening • Roux Institute kicks off climate tech incubator • Cancer patients struggle with long travel times to treatment • themainemonitor.org • Maine communities grapple with needle waste • UMaine potato breed edges out longtime favorites • Election Results & Coverage • A story of Randy Stakeman; Interview with Sean Alonzo Harris • A quarter of Maine House races have one major-party candidate • Aurora borealis captivates Mainers • New bill would pay farmers to put rentals on their land • Child care providers across Maine cited for safety violations • New regulations prompt concerns among personal care agencies • The Maine Monitor Survey • The Maine Monitor awarded Press Forward grant • The Maine roots of modern environmental policy • A third of Maine towns still count ballots by hand • Most Maine adults in guardianships don’t have lawyers • The Maine Monitor earns 11 Maine Press Association awards • At Maine EMS, a debate over funding and process • Three takeaways from The Monitor’s investigation into child care facilities • Worcester Holdings paying fines on time • Maine’s commercial aquaculture industry began in Callahan Mine • Which EMS agencies received stabilization funding? • The past, present and future of energy in Maine • Maine BEP wrestles with fees for solar, wind impacts • Ethics inquiry puts Maine Supreme Court in uncharted territory • Nursing homes grapple with MaineCare reimbursement uncertainty • Who donated to Jared Golden and Austin Theriault? • The carbon footprint of your pantry • A conversation about what will happen to Scarborough Marsh • Sanford looks to restrict needle exchange with ordinance • Maine dams face an uncertain future • Maine Monitor commemorates 15th anniversary • Maine’s dam agency is underfunded and understaffed • Audit finds Maine’s child welfare agency failed to follow policies • Maine’s electric vehicle goals won't take us where we want to go • November ‘radio hour’ digs into child care facility violations • Maine outlines steps needed for climate resilience • Dissecting the latest decisions on Maine dams • Maine proposes major staffing changes for residential care facilities • Maine Recovery Council approves $13.9 million in projects • DOT announces plan for "longer-term temporary bridge" in Machias • Four takeaways from a series on Maine dams • Mainers weigh in on the state’s electric vehicle targets • Few home care coordination options for Mainers with Section 96 • Maritime officials worry over mariner shortage • Registration: Indigent Defense Symposium • Introducing the Health Monitor newsletter • Attorneys talk challenges at indigent defense symposium • Maine BEP approves final packaging rules • A backstage look at a thriving Biddeford community theater • Who is the typical abortion patient in Maine? • Abortion funds take on bigger role as access to funding shifts • Federal funding helps schools hire mental health counselors • Bucksport salmon farm still on ice • Officials move forward watered-down rule on short-term rentals • Maine Monitor supported by Report for America, Inasmuch • Report shows growing need in residential care facilities • Western Maine officials say they’re better prepared for floods • Phillips must fix river dredged after 2023 flood • Maine's recycling reports are better, but still bleak • Increasing tobacco tax, AI protections among 2025 Maine health priorities • A conversation with Samantha Horn • MaineCare transport providers receive contract extensions • Nursing home owner feels ‘relief’ as he exits the business • The list of Maine parents waiting for a lawyer grew by 700% • Experts talk indigent defense in January ‘radio hour’ • Battery ownership question remains unresolved • Maine’s yellow flag law in three charts • Yarmouth approves plan to remove two Royal River dams • Maine real estate mostly unaffected by commission changes • Denmark updates water extraction ordinance • Maine Monitor joins MINC as strategic partner • Maine clinics see high demand for birth control • Maine health department waters down proposed staffing ratios • Concerns raised about Maine's 'crisis pregnancy centers' • Maine lawmaker eyes PFAS-laden foam removal plans • Maine's child welfare agency is moving against national trends • Mining company to sell some land in Penobscot County • These are 31 bills to watch in the 132nd Legislature • You can trust our reporting. Here’s why. • Register for Maine Monitor events • Once poised to lead on offshore wind, Maine has stumbled • Maine’s offshore wind ambitions have been tempered • Working group recommends regulating intoxicating hemp • In Maine, questions follow federal funding freeze • Bill would add to hotel sales tax to fund school construction • New bills could allow towns to take over abandoned dams • WATCH: Emmett Gartner appears on News Center Maine • Maine Monitor hosts dam discussion in Bucksport • Maine Monitor co-founders to join NENPA hall of fame • Lawmakers eye net energy billing, nuclear power, time-of-use rates • York County will use ARPA funds to fight coastal erosion • Maine counties spent most of its ARPA funds on public safety • How Maine counties are spending ARPA funds • Maine Statehouse Hub • WATCH: Stephanie McFeeters on News Center Maine • Dover-Foxcroft stares down massive tax hike to maintain ailing dam • Maine struggles with mental health provider shortage • Mainers rally in support of climate preparedness bill • $30,000 March Fundraiser - Donate Here