AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine is looking for proposals of working farmlands and forests to preserve through its conservation grant program. Maine uses the Land for Maine’s Future Program to ...

Members of the Augusta Planning Board were critical this week of a new state law that seeks to encourage more housing to be built by overriding some local regulations.

People listen to Brian Donahue speak Monday at the Maine Farmland Access Conference in Augusta. Staff photo by Andy Molloy ...

AUGUSTA — The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission has voted unanimously to appoint Nicholas D. Livesay of Brunswick as its director. The seven-member board, which handles planning and zoning ...

Hiking in Maine: Here’s your tour guide for so many hikes and climbs in and around Augusta The Kennebec Land Trust puts out a hiking guide with everything you need to enjoy 32 preserves and 54 ...

AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine has enacted the country’s strongest statewide facial recognition law. Maine’s law prohibits the use of facial recognition technology in most areas of government, including in ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- A proposal to overhaul the agency that regulates development in the nearly 10 million-acre region of Maine known as the Unorganized Territory is heading for votes by the full ...

Maine Legislature passes shoreland zoning bill giving municipalities ability to enforce and remediate violations The legislation gives enforcement authority on new permits, restoration of ...