While our existing programs may not be perfect, they work quite well and they’re there when we need them.
Farmington
Posted inLetters
Letter: When will Trump and Musk begin helping Americans?
Here are my questions for “Co-Presidents” Donald Trump and Elon Musk: Why are you eliminating the funds for reading teachers when students who struggle to read are on the rise? Why are you eliminating the funds for medical research when diabetes, cancer and heart disease are on the rise? Why are you causing economic havoc […]
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Posted inMaine, Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Children on MaineCare brace the challenges of finding orthodontics
A sliver of orthodontists can accept the low-income insurance. One clinic in Portland is finding a way to serve these adolescent patients, with plans to expand their service.
Posted inMaine, News
Rumford students sent to hospital after truck strikes bus in Farmington
Four were taken to a Farmington hospital with suspected minor injuries after a bus and truck collided at a ‘very low speed,’ police said.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Son, brother of slain Farmington women found responsible in 2023 homicides
If William N. Cumming Jr., 56, of Bar Harbor, had not killed himself, he would have been charged with murdering Jean Robinson and Allison “Joy” Cumming, police said Wednesday.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Nation & World, News, Schools and Education
USDA halts millions in funding for University of Maine System
The move temporarily pauses the system’s agricultural research and programs weeks after President Donald Trump threatened to cut funding for Maine because it allows transgender athletes to compete in sports.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
UMF researchers want to know, how smart is your cat?
The Maine Cat Lab at the University of Maine at Farmington is conducting the first-ever international study of cat intelligence.
Posted inSkiing, Varsity Maine
Mt. Blue again sweeps Class A Nordic ski titles
The Freeport girls and Yarmouth boys prevail in Class B, and Fort Kent extends its reign in Class C.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine, Wrestling
Massabesic captures girls wrestling state championship
With individual titles from sisters Nevaeh and Sophie Grunhuvd, the Mustangs beat host Mt. Blue in year two of the girls team competition.
Posted inSkiing, Sports, Varsity Maine
Mt. Blue, Messalonskee skiers roll on Day 1 at Nordic states
Nora McCourt of Mt. Blue and Beckett Cote of Messalonskee post the fastest times on the opening day of the Nordic state meet.