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PRESQUE ISLE, Maine, Nov. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Maine Northern Railway and Irving Woodlands, LLC are partnering with Kiwanis, the Homeless...

Editor’s note: After publication of this story, the Milo and Greenville police departments adopted a homelessness protocol. By Sawyer Loftus, Bangor Daily News Staff At least 16 police departments in Maine are not complying with state law that requires them to adopt rules for how they will divert homeless people away from the criminal justice system, according to a first-of-its-kind review conducted by the Bangor Daily News.

Every police agency in Maine was mandated to have a plan for responding homeless people, but only 11 met the deadline.

Parents faced one of Aroostook's worst child care shortages when the largest center in Caribou closed in August.

Donations total $347,000 for twenty-one organizations across the state of Maine PORTLAND, Maine - KeyBank and KeyBank Foundation announce twenty-one charitable donations made recently to nonprofit...

Maine’s overdose death rate is said to be one of the highest in the nation at 7 percent of 10,000 overdoses. 

Maine had no trouble adding 100,000 new heat pumps to homes by 2025, but a less-talked-about goal has been harder to meet.

Caribou area families are in dire need of child care services after the region's largest center closed in August.

Federal heating assistance for Maine is expected to be lower this coming winter compared with last year.

Amanda Riopelle of Caribou wants to accept a new job offer, but only if she can find child care for her 7-year-old daughter Mia.