The Maine Monitor

Members of the Jay Select Board are seen during a September 28 meeting.

A shopper at the Portland Food Co-op browses a selection of vegetables on Aug. 20, 2026.

A granite rockface along Port Road in Starboard, crossing Carmine and Christine DeFalco’s property without stone riprap.

Former Hartland resident Rod Pease digs up discarded tannery hides, known as "blues," in the woods behind the town's old tannery on Aug. 27, 2026.

Members of the Fairfield town council during a September 23 meeting.

Monitor housing reporter Caitlin Andrews and executive director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm talk to fairgoers at the 2026 Common Ground Fair in Unity.

The Weston Dam in Skowhegan is seen in 2024.

WinSenate, a Democratic-aligned super PAC, is running an ad accusing U.S.

Residents are set to vote Nov. 3 on a proposal to withdraw from MSAD 58 and create a local school administrative unit to oversee Kingfield’s schools.

The sign outside Searsmont United Methodist Church offers prayers for the grieving community on May 22 after a deadly fire and explosion at the Robbins Lumber mill.

School buses roll through Jay on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.

Members of the Norway select board seen during a September 17 meeting.

RSU 10 currently serves the towns of Buckfield, Hanover, Hartford, Mexico, Roxbury, Rumford and Sumner.

Oxford County Sheriff Christopher Wainwright appears at a hearing in Augusta on April 22, 2024, which considered a complaint from the Oxford County commissioners to Gov.

Farmington's downtown area.

Wendy Little Bear, a member of the Penobscot Nation, stands outside the entrance to St.

Claire Egan, who is legally blind, runs her bakery from her home at the corner of Washington and Dewey‑Mowry streets.

Town of Rangeley seal RANGELEY — The Board of Selectmen approved new general assistance amounts this week after a brief public hearing and heard a push to move quickly on a proposed arch honoring Rangeley’s snowmobiling history.

Residents cast their votes at the May town meeting in Farmington.

Under current Maine law, state legislative candidates have to file a personal financial statement before the election but candidates for governor do not.

Beachgoers enjoy a warm day at Lily Bay State Park in Greenville on June 26, 2020.

The Washington County courthouse.

Two federal agents, pictured here, stopped a South Portland man on Jan. 22 in Scarborough.

Kingfield resident Lance Dutston addresses the Board of Selectmen at a Sept. 8 meeting.

Illustration by Beatrice Caciotti for ProPublica.

Traffic moves across the Machias Dike Bridge on Route 1 in Machias on July 8.

Paul Monroe, an engineer who oversees construction at the Juniper Ridge Landfill in Old Town and Alton, Maine, shows a model for collecting leachate in the proposed expansion area.

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Renée Gray filed a lawsuit against the county and Commissioners Burns and Howard, both in their individual and official capacities, in July, just days after they voted to fire her.

Downtown Machias is pictured in August 2026.

Northern Light Health employed more than 400 traveling staff — mostly registered nurses — across its system at the height of the pandemic.

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RSU 10 currently serves the towns of Buckfield, Hanover, Hartford, Mexico, Roxbury, Rumford and Sumner.

Kingfield resident Lance Dutston addresses the Board of Selectmen at a Sept. 8 meeting.

The University of Maine in Orono, pictured here, and its regional campus in Machias are facing financial headwinds.

Members of the Wilton Board of Selectpersons during a Sept. 15 meeting.

Electrician Zach Newton works on wiring solar panels at a solar farm in Oxford.

A recent ad from the Democratic-aligned super PAC WinSenate attacks Republican U.S.

The Washington County Superior Court in Machias, where the county's administrative offices are located.

Puffins and a razorbill on Seal Island in July 2026.

A recent ad from the Republican SLF PAC attacks Democratic U.S.

Photo by Hakim Wright Sr. of the Associated Press.

After the Cherryfield dam replacement, the Narraguagus River will be prime habitat for endangered Atlantic salmon.

Newly public records show that the Sullivan-based school district grappled with its decision to align its school Title IX policies with the Trump administration’s executive order to prevent transgender students from participating in sports.

Texts, emails and other documents show how school leaders in Sullivan-based RSU 24 handled the Title IX debate unfolding in their district behind the scenes.

School buses roll through Jay on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.

Clammers gathering juvenile clams in the Narrows flats on May 7.

Strong odors from the landfill and unfriendly comments from townspeople who didn't agree with her stance against it led former resident Debbie Cooper to move away from her long-time home in Hartland.

The Maine Army National Guard reopened the Readiness Center in Calais in November 2016.

Renée Gray, the county manager for Washington County, reached a settlement agreement with the county.