FORT KENT, Maine, Nov. 11 -- The University of Maine's Fort Kent Campus issued the following news: * * * Author Denis Ledoux to Speak at UMFK on November 20 The Acadian Archives/Archives acadiennes at the University of Maine at Fort Kent will host author Denis Ledoux at 6:30 p.m. on Nov 20. Ledoux will discuss his new book, "Here to Stay: Lives in 17th-Century Canada." The event is free and open to all. In "Here to Stay," Ledoux explores the distant history of 30% of Maine's population who h  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Nov. 10 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release: * * * Houlton nurses to hold two-day strike * Registered nurses at Houlton Regional Hospital (HRH) in Houlton, Maine, will begin their two-day strike on Tuesday, Nov. 18, to protest management's refusal to address their deep concerns about staffing and patient care, announced Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (MSNA/NNOC) today. The nurses gave th  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King: Vote Toward Ending Shutdown is "The Opening of an Opportunity" * WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME) today voted to advance debate on a Senate spending bill that could eventually reopen the government in a 60-40 vote. The vote comes as the shutdown became the longest federal government shutdown in American history at 40 days. From federal furloughs to cuts to the Low-Income Home   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF REP. JARED GOLDEN * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement after Congressman Jared Golden announced he would not seek another term in the House of Representatives: Representative Jared Golden is a patriotic public servant who has never hesitated to answer the call to serve our c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * LEADER JEFFRIES STATEMENT ON RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF REP. JARED GOLDEN * Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement after Congressman Jared Golden announced he would not seek another term in the House of Representatives: Representative Jared Golden is a patriotic public servant who has never hesitated to answer the call to serve our country. After 9/11, Jared   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2025: * * * Senate Passes Continuing Resolution to Reopen Government, Final FY 2026 Appropriations Bills Senator Collins led negotiations on the measure to end the government shutdown * Today, the U.S. Senate passed the legislation authored by U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, to reopen government by a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2025: * * * Senator Collins Champions Deal to Reopen Government Ahead of the vote, Senator Collins urged her colleagues to support the legislation containing a clean continuing resolution and three full-year FY 2026 appropriations bills. * U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, delivered remarks from the Sen  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Nov. 8 -- The University of New England issued the following news: * * * UNE researchers deploy research buoy to track real-time changes to Maine's oceans The device aims to fill crucial gaps in data about changes to Maine's oceans and connect a network of ocean scientists across the globe * The sun was low in the sky and the waves calm early on Monday, Nov. 3, as a crew of students and researchers from the University of New England departed the University's dock, braving   more