Nicole Ogrysko

The low-barrier shelter was expected to close this fall unless its current operator, Penobscot Community Health Care, found a new partner to patch a nearly $1 million budget hole.

Multi-year state funding for housing initiatives has become a top priority for developers and some lawmakers who are trying to make a dent in Maine's 80,000 unit housing shortage.

University officials announced Friday that the non-profit Waldo County Community Action Partners has been selected to negotiate with the system to take over the Hutchinson Center.

The supermarket's parent company, Ahold Delhaize, had said that the outage was due to a cybersecurity issue within its U.S. network, and that systems were temporarily taken offline to protect them.

Fewer visitors stayed with friends or family or in second homes this past summer and stayed fewer days in Maine, according to a recent report from the Maine Office of Tourism.

In addition, fewer visitors stayed with friends or family or in second homes this past summer and stayed fewer days in Maine, according to the report.

A new statewide pilot program intended to help low-income renters who are facing eviction is already approaching capacity one month after opening to the public.

The lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Bangor, claims that the university system engaged in religious discrimination when it rescinded the church's bid to buy the Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Calvary Chapel Belfast has also filed a formal appeal of the latest sale offer for the facility.

The boat tracking requirements will stay in place for now, but a federal judge suggested the group of five lobstermen had raised important constitutional questions and could appeal the decision.

Proponents of the moratorium said it will give them to time to study the impact that visitor accommodations have on traffic, permanent housing and the town's water, sewer and other infrastructure. The moratorium will be in place for two months, but councilors said they plan to extend it.