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With new sawmill, Mi'kmaq Nation is extending it limbs into home construction
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (721+ words) PRESQUE ISLE " After decades of sputtering idle, the engine powering the Mi'kmaq Nation is revving up. Among a portfolio of growing enterprises, the Wabanaki tribe is developing an ambitious housing project that will make available for purchase, for the first…...
Digging for gold: How a Wells man earned the title of world's best heavy machinery operator
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (390+ words) Brian Hayden was just 10 when he first began learning to operate heavy machinery like excavators and bulldozers." He was still a teenager when he started working for his family's excavation company in Wells. And earlier this month, the 24-year-old was…...
Maine's energy grid needs help. Crypto mining might offer it. | Opinion
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (513+ words) Jacob Aronoff is based in Portland, with interests'in tech, security and energy issues. Two years ago, I shared an opinion that Maine's uptick in data breaches was a result of lax oversight and outdated systems; that our everyday life was…...
Newry couple's plans to extract lithium-rich ore remain "on hold'
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (575+ words) It was more than a year ago that Maine regulators'approved final changes'to Maine's 2017 mining law, capping a yearlong process that was designed to clear the way for the development of a lithium-rich deposit in the western part of the state....