Morning update: What you need to know in Maine today

— Erik Francis of Pleasant Point, one of hundreds of hunters who hit Maine’s woods on opening day of the regular 2024 moose season.

Where does Aroostook County stand three decades after losing its Air Force base? Before its closure in 1994, Loring was The County’s largest employer and the biggest driver of economic prosperity.

A historic western Maine library turned Airbnb is back on the market. It’s a “striking” example of Romanesque Revival architecture, according to its nomination form to join the National Register of Historic Places.

A woman accused of illegally growing 600 marijuana plants in Maine said she just liked the smell. The charges come during the ongoing crackdown by the federal government on illegal marijuana grow houses across the state.

U.S. Rep. Jared Golden needs these voters to win a tough race in Maine’s 2nd District. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, has said the race in northern Maine is “one of the most important in America.”

“It shouldn’t have taken pointed inquiries and legislation from lawmakers for the Postal Service to drop its consolidation plans.”

Try these inexpensive old-time harvest solutions that work. There are many new and high-tech ways to store crops, but the basic requirements for preserving food stay the same.