Winter storm warnings issued with significant snow coming

Maine lawmakers outline competing visions for energy policy, agree affordability is key. Energy affordability — under mounting stress chiefly from rising electricity prices — will be a litmus test for most any climate policy or spending decisions. Read this story by Tux Turkel of The Maine Monitor.

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Winter storm warnings issued for much of Maine with significant snow coming | WMTW

Bangor International Airport returns to normal after threat prompts police response | WGME

Bangor spent nearly $120K to clean its largest homeless encampment | Bangor Daily News

A celebrated conservationist’s unwitting role in Maine’s PFAS crisis | Bangor Daily News

How will Maine’s next governor work with Trump? | Portland Press Herald

Small Maine ski areas beat the odds as they struggle for survival | Sun Journal

Bomb Squad called to Castine Historical Society to dispose historic cannonballs | WABI

A failed $1.5 million deal. Restricted roads. The small town of Freedom struggles with conflicts of interest. | Morning Sentinel

Squirrel triggers Bangor outage that left 3,200 without power | Bangor Daily News

More than 4 years after closing, West Paris Post Office set to open in 2026 | Bethel Citizen

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Maine Monitor reporter Rose Lundy appeared on News Center Maine to discuss her reporting that revealed the number of Medicare patients in Maine who received buprenorphine treatment for their addiction to opioids increased about 70 percent between 2019 and 2023. Watch the appearance.

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