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Battle Over Bald Mountain

A controversial new law – aimed at the Aroostook County mount – loosens state regulations for open-pit mining. By Jeff...
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Black and White and Red All Over

Can new owners save Maine’s largest newspaper chain? BY: COLIN WOODARD Life Ring Image ©IStockPhoto.com/pavlen The staff and readers of...
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Raising crops has always been a difficult way to make a living, but twenty-first century Maine farmers are facing challenges the likes of which they haven't seen before.
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Kids Behind Bars

Maine’s youth correctional system has gone from abysmal to awe-inspiring. By Jeff Clark “Barbaric.” “Medieval.” “The Dark Ages.” Those are...
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Net Loss

Are the Gulf of Maine’s cod — and cod fishermen — really doomed? BY: COLIN WOODARD Photo credit David Harding/Shutterstock.com...
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The politics of low-income heating assistance. BY: EDGAR ALLEN BEEM Photograph by © MACLEG/Fotolia.com When WZON disc jockey Pat LaMarche,...

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