Water bills rising in rural Maine

Overlooked during the opioid crisis, more of Maine’s oldest began to struggle with drugs. The number of Medicare patients in Maine who received buprenorphine treatment for their addiction to opioids increased about 70 percent between 2019 and 2023, a Maine Monitor analysis shows for the first time. Read this story by Rose Lundy of The Maine Monitor.

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Meeting to seek input from public library directors has been canceled | The Maine Monitor

Water bills are shooting up in rural Maine | Portland Press Herald

First widespread snowfall of the season expected in Maine on Tuesday | WMTW

MSAD 58 could require additional staff members to manage paperwork during withdrawal process | The Maine Monitor

Small business owners in Maine facing huge spikes in ACA premiums | Portland Press Herald

Planned expansion at Portland Museum of Art is getting bigger | Maine Public

We asked Maine mayors how they would handle a meeting with Donald Trump | Bangor Daily News

Skowhegan Select Board awards $100,000 in TIF grants for downtown | The Maine Monitor

Job Corps centers in Maine reopen to enrollment after monthslong pause | Maine Public

Improvements set for Quarry Road Recreation Area in Waterville | The Maine Monitor

Invasive emerald ash borer spreading rapidly across Maine | Maine Public

School bus in Rockland fatality has been decommissioned | Midcoast Villager

Machias’ historic Centre Street Congregational Church seeks public input on steeple restoration, future use | The Maine Monitor

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