More than 180 community members, advocates, and lawmakers gathered Wednesday in Augusta to celebrate the grand opening of the ...

Heather Donahue starred in the low-budget hit movie “The Blair Witch Project” and has been embroiled in a spat with locals in her tiny Maine town after she started marking trees to help people ...

Franklin County Commission chairman to testify at state land use hearing A bill would increase members of the Land Use Regulation Commission from nine to 13.

Guest columnist Tom Landry, a Portland real estate broker and developer, outlines how the Portland ReCode changes will shape land-use policy.

While fighting a diesel-fueled truck on fire near the Maine Mall, South Portland firefighters sprayed 47 gallons of aqueous-film forming foam (AFFF) to extinguish the fire. This foam, long known ...

Maine forest rangers are using *drones* to help find fires sparked by lightning strikes.

Mar. 27—AUGUSTA — A bill to strengthen enforcement capabilities of the state's Shoreland Zoning Ordinance has passed initial votes in both houses and is on track to be sent to Gov. Janet Mills ...

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

Written comments may be sent by email to: Wolfdenrezoning.LUPC@maine.gov or submitted on paper to: Maine Land Use Planning Commission, Attention: Tim Carr, 22 State House Station, 18 Elkins Lane, ...

LUPC CONTACT PERSON / RULEMAKING LIAISON: Stacie Beyer, Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry - Maine Land Use Planning Commission, 22 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333.

AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s largest land use authority wrapped up a series of summer meetings Wednesday as it considers how to regulate short-term rentals across its over 10.4 million-acre expanse for ...