ROCKPORT Several Knox and Waldo County small businesses are among 17 recipients of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development grants for Maine farmers and rural small businesses. The grants will help pay for projects that will lower.
BANGOR – After years of planning, on Wednesday members of the Poodunck Snowmobile Club in Dixfield, Maine took delivery of their new trail grooming machine. The club used a $135,000 USDA Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) to help fund the purchase. Club members maintain more than fifty miles of trails in Maine’s Interconnected Trail System,
After a week of intense weather across Maine, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Maine State Director Rhiannon Hampson shared good news for many rural Maine residents. On Dec. 11, 2023, she announced that USDA is awarding two.