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In Piscataquis County, recent flooding highlights risks related to the town’s dam.

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BILLERICA — More than a decade after a similar project was rejected, voters in Billerica shot down a proposed project to renovate the Town Center months after funding for the project was approved at fall Town Meeting.

Woodlands County is requesting a meeting with Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen about rehabilitating the Whitecourt Airport. Read more.

BILLERICA — With a special election Feb. 17 that was fueled largely by the opposition of some residents to a project to renovate the Billerica Town Center, officials who oppose the project are making a last pitch for voters to reject it.

Woodlands County is requesting a meeting with Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen about rehabilitating the Whitecourt Airport. Read more.

Woodlands County is requesting a meeting with Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen about rehabilitating the Whitecourt Airport. Read more.

The Cowboy State has doled out tens of millions of state taxpayer dollars to fossil fuel-adjacent projects, even as it faces a shortage of options to take advantage of clean-energy funding.

After sending letters to the various Select Boards of its sending towns last month, the Shawsheen Valley Regional Vocational Technical School District is making its pitch for the towns to approve the creation of a stabilization fund  for the district. 

Woodlands County council is considering a new Municipal Development Plan, leading to a debate on small modular reactors. Read more.