School budgets roiling Maine towns

A small Maine town that built its own broadband network faces new competition. After national companies declined to extend internet service to the midcoast town, it built its own network. Click the image to read this story by Daniel O'Connor.

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Rising school budgets are roiling Maine towns | Bangor Daily News (Maine Monitor context: What happens to school budgets when Mainers vote ‘no’?)

Maine officials tell drivers to slow down as traffic fatalities rise | WGME

How the congressional delegation reacted to Maine’s wave of USDA foreclosures |Bangor Daily News

Maine’s real estate market bucked regional trends in June | Portland Press Herald

3D-printed homes offer innovative solution to Maine's housing crisis | News Center Maine

MaineGeneral files suit against insulin makers and pharmacy benefit managers for inflating prices | Maine Public

Maine electricians sit idle as green energy projects halt amid federal incentive cuts | News Center Maine

Sweltering heat and humidity on tap for Maine, severe storms possible on Friday | WGME (Find a cooling center near you</> | News Center Maine)

Gov. Mills to skip first national governors meeting since Trump confrontation | Portland Press Herald

Maine's federal public defender warns of crisis in system for indigent defendants | Maine Public

Sen. King advocates for modernizing grid to curb rising electricity costs | WGME

Mackenzie Holmes and Cooper Flagg make Maine history in WNBA and NBA at same time | Bangor Daily News

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