AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 7 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: * * * Urge Maine Residents to Apply for Disaster Assistance * * * Governor Janet Mills and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced the opening of two Disaster Recovery Centers to help residents impacted by the December 17-21, 2023 storm apply for Federal disaster assistance. The Disaster Recovery Centers - in Skowhegan and Rumford - will serve as central locations w more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 7 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: The Legislature's Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee voted along party lines to advance legislation that would invest additional resources to combat invasive aquatic species in Maine waters and direct relevant state departments to collaborate on best practices for mitigating the spread of invasive species. "The threat of losing pristine waters to invasive species is here," said Hasenfus. "The state must more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 7 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on Feb. 6, 2024: On Tuesday, Sen. Mattie Daughtry, D-Brunswick, introduced a bill to expand the availability of affordable housing options in Maine. LD 2169, "An Act to Support the Development of Workforce Housing to Promote Economic Development in Maine," was the subject of a public hearing before the Legislature's Joint Select Committee on Housing. "To put it simply, this bill would create workforce housing for Ma more PR

ORONO, Maine, Feb. 7 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: The University of Maine's Surveying Engineering Technology (SVT) program has received an equipment loan valued at $1.7 million from Topcon Positioning Systems Inc., an industry-leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of precision measurement and workflow solutions headquartered in Livermore, California. The university's SVT program, which has the largest number of undergraduate students per facul more PR

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine, Feb. 7 -- The University of Maine's Presque Isle Campus issued the following news release: University of Maine at Presque Isle student Dylan Ouellette is turning his love of the ceramic arts into a business and community art space called The Ceramic Project. The 26-year-old senior Fine Art major has renovated his carriage house in Presque Isle into a three-season pottery studio and is planning to offer classes to the public later this year. "Understanding the challenges I  more PR