Maine is the second most rural state in the U.S., with over 61 percent of the population living in a rural part of the state, according to the 2020 Census.
A member of the Rural News Network, The Maine Monitor regularly covers rural issues — including dedicated coverage of Franklin, Oxford, Somerset and Washington counties.
Across Maine, towns continue to grapple with school district reorganization
More than 40 towns have withdrawn from their school districts since the state’s 2007 consolidation push.
A ‘concerned’ Mainer’s tip got an immigrant wrongly detained for 65 days
Border agents in Calais arrested the Venezuelan man who was allowed to be in the U.S., prompting a strongly worded decision from a federal judge this week.
Embden rejects proposal to explore leaving school district
The measure to formally start the process of withdrawing from Regional School Unit 74 in Somerset County failed after months of tense debate over the issue.
New law aims to expand rural pharmacy access
Closures over the past decade have left many rural communities without a local pharmacy, a Maine Monitor analysis found.
His family has harvested alewives at the same Maine stream for a century
Steve Bodge operates an alewife harvesting operation in Woolwich, and splits profits fifty-fifty with the town. Now 78, he has recruited his daughter to help.
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