PORTLAND (AP) — The University of Maine School of Law is looking to train more lawyers for the vast rural parts of the state. The school is launching the Rural Lawyer Pilot Project, which is kicking off with a workshop for attorneys and law students on Saturday. It will be a three-year project to place […]
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Coalition presses for more broadband in rural Maine
AUGUSTA — Supporters of a bill that seeks to increase access to high-speed Internet in Maine say it’s crucial to help economies in rural communities to grow. Assistant House Democratic Leader Sara Gideon of Freeport was joined by business leaders and others in Augusta on Tuesday to promote her bill that would provide more funding […]
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Paris selectmen like compromise in rural residential lot sizes
PARIS — In a straw poll at a workshop Monday night, three out of four selectmen agreed to a previously proposed compromise on the controversial rural residential lot sizes. Board of Selectmen Chairman Ryan Lorrain, Vice Chairman Robert Wessels and Selectman Janet Jamison informally agreed they could present to voters an amendment of a one-acre rural lot […]
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Why young, small-town lawyers are becoming hard to find
TURNER — Taylor Kilgore and the law firm she works for in Oxford County, Boothby Perry LLC, could be a model for making sure there are lawyers serving the needs of rural Maine into the mid-21st century. The lawyers practicing in Maine are aging, especially those who practice outside the state’s urban areas, a recent […]
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Norway hospital among Maine’s best rural hospitals
AUGUSTA (AP) — A survey is giving Maine’s rural hospitals high marks. Nine of 22 hospitals on the Leapfrog Group’s 2013 Top Rural Hospitals list released this week were in Maine. All told, more than 200 rural hospitals nationwide were part of the survey. The Top Hospitals designation recognizes hospitals that prevent medical errors, reduce […]
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Common Ground Fair kicks off in Unity
UNITY (AP) — A popular Maine fair devoted to organic farming and rural living is kicking off in Unity. The Common Ground Fair runs from Friday through Sunday. The fair is sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association and is a back-to-the-earth version of state agricultural fairs. It draws thousands of people from […]
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PUC changes broadband standards for Fairpoint
HALLOWELL — The Maine Public Utilities Commission voted Tuesday morning to change the obligations Fairpoint Communications must meet in respect to investing in the expansion of broadband availability in Maine. The commission’s chairman acknowledged that the vote will mean that some customers in rural Maine will not see their Internet speed improved, but that the […]