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Bid It to Win It Maine Online Auction: Certificate for a Garage Door Package from White Mountain Overhead Doors
Bid It to Win It starts July 15, and you'll be able to bid on amazing items with the chance to save thousands of dollars when you do. One of the items you can bid on is a Certificate for a Garage Door Package from White Mountain Overhead Doors. The...
US Treasury’s new Direct File system advances tax fairness. Maine should opt in.
For years, advocates have called for a free tax filing system to allow Americans to directly file their taxes with the IRS. But the powerful lobby of tax prep corporations prevented and delayed the IRS from being adequately funded to allow a Direct File system to be developed, until now. The Inflation Reduction Act increased […] The post US Treasury’s new Direct File system advances tax fairness. Maine should opt in. appeared first on Maine Morning Star.
Maine communities open cooling centers as hot and humid conditions continue
More near-record breaking heat and humidity are expected in Maine on Tuesday and Wednesday before the heat wave comes to an end on Thursday.. Tuesday will be hot and humid once again, with plenty of sun expected. Highs will be in the low to mid-90s, feeling close to 100 with a heat advisory in effect until 8 p.m.
Watch Maine Sensation Bella Ann Perform Live
Today, we had a chance to interview and hear the most angelic voice of Maine singer/songwriter, Bella Ann. Bella is from Winslow, and arrived in-studio with her mom and manager, Meg Loubier. Bella hails from a family of musicians, and it shows. It's so refreshing to meet young artists who...
Help 8-Year-Old Maine Athlete Who Qualified for the Olympic Nationals
This fantastically talented 8-year-old Maine boy participated in the Junior Olympics in New England over the weekend. His name is Kenton, and he was attempting to qualify for the 100 meter and 200 meter dash, as per a Facebook post. Guess what? He did it! We have officially now learned...
New England fishermen sentenced in complex herring fraud case
Several commercial fishermen in New England have been sentenced in a fraud scheme that centered on a critically important species of bait fish and that prosecutors described as complex and wide-ranging. The fishermen were sentenced for “knowingly subverting commercial fishing reporting requirements” in a scheme involving Atlantic herring, prosecutors said...
Dozens of Maine, New Hampshire, & New York Residents Have Fallen Prey to the Shocking Tactics of the ‘Fentanyl Robbery Gang’
For years, we have been hearing about despicable drug dealers who were cutting their drugs with deadly fentanyl, but this is the first time that we have heard about the drug being used to rob people. According to an article on the Fall River Reporter website, the United States Attorney’s...
New Hampshire, Maine Goodwill Stores Will Not Accept These 21 Items
Cleanouts are always in progress across New England. Clothes closet purging, kitchen discards, garage cleanouts, and bedroom spruce ups all create unwanted or unneeded items which are still useful to others. Before you go all Marie Kondo in your cleaning, decide what you're going to do with your items before...
Marshwood 12U baseball wins Maine Cal Ripken title, advances to New Englands
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — The Marshwood Cal Ripken 12-year-old All-Star baseball team is extending its plans for summer baseball. The Hawks are off to New England regionals after capturing the age 12-and-under Cal Ripken Maine state championship with a 3-0 victory over Noble at Berwick Recreation Field last Friday. "In the finals, we...
Five Pillars Butchery awarded $2.7 million grant
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a $2.7M grant to Five Pillars Butchery (FPB) in Unity. The grant comes through the Department’s Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP) to expand processing capacity and strengthen the food supply chain. The Unity business will use the grant to help construct a new meat and poultry processing facility in the Waldo County community.
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