WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree announced that the City of Freeport has been awarded a grant of $7.5 million and a loan of $7.488 million through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development's Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program. This funding will allow for long overdue replacements and upgrades to Freeport's wastewater tre more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree announced that the City of Freeport has been awarded a grant of $7.5 million and a loan of $7.488 million through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development's Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program. This funding will allow for long overdue replacements and upgrades to Freep more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: Click HERE for a high-resolution image. Washington, D.C. - On Thursday, U.S. Senator Susan Collins received a briefing from Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Anne Milgram on efforts to address illegal Chinese marijuana operations, combat the opioid epidemic, and fight the rise of crystal meth use in Maine. "No community is immune from the opioid epidemic, and I commend the men and wome more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Angus King, co-chair of the Senate Working Forest Caucus, is calling for the utilization of mass timber in federal building projects. In a letter to the Government Services Agency (GSA), King and a number of his colleagues questioned the agency about its process on integrating mass timber into the federal procurement process and using low-carbon building materials in the co more PR