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pressherald. com > 05/03/2026 > with-new-sawmill-mikmaq-nation-is-extending-it-limbs-into-home-construction

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…...

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pressherald. com > 03/21/2026 > digging-for-gold-how-a-wells-man-earned-the-title-of-worlds-best-heavy-machinery-operator

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…...

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pressherald. com > 02/02/2026 > maines-energy-grid-needs-help-crypto-mining-might-offer-it-opinion

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 Two years ago, I shared an opinion that Maine's uptick in data breaches was a result of lax oversight and outdated systems; that our everyday life was…...

The Portland Press Herald
pressherald. com > 09/07/2025 > newry-couples-plans-to-extract-lithium-rich-ore-remain-on-hold

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....