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5 days ago · We deliver fearless, nonpartisan journalism that ensures Mainers are fully informed about issues impacting our state, inspiring action and solutions. Our stories prompt real, positive results for Mainers. Connect with our engaged and committed readers and demonstrate your commitment to public interest reporting for the people and state of Maine.
The Maine Monitor earns 11 Maine Press Association awards
1 day ago · The Maine Monitor also received 11 accolades for its coverage, published between April 2023 and March 2024, of important Maine topics, including the court system, the environment, health care, the Lewiston mass shooting, and the Wabanaki Nations.. The newsroom received first place recognition for Digital General Excellence and for usage of Maine’s Freedom of Access Act for Rose Lundy’s ...
Most Maine adults in guardianships don’t have lawyers
22 hours ago · In Maine’s probate courts, most adults placed in guardianships don’t have lawyers. A new report from Disability Rights Maine found that between 2019 and 2021, 75 percent of people placed in guardianships did not have an attorney. Photo by Fred J. Field. Lauren Wille, the legal director of Disability Rights Maine, has helped dozens of adults ...
About Us - The Maine Monitor
The Maine Monitor is the nonpartisan, independent publication of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN: 27-2623867), dedicated to delivering high-quality, nonpartisan investigative and explanatory journalism to inform Mainers about issues impacting our state and empower them to be engaged citizens.
Ten Maine Monitor stories you may have missed
Dec 30, 2023 · Ten Maine Monitor stories you may have missed. From health professionals and rural development to river flooding and the judicial system, here are some stories to read. Photo credits: Andrea Walton, Kate Cough, Prostock Studio, Gabe Souza. 2023 was a remarkable year of reporting for The Maine Monitor. We published roughly 300 original pieces of ...
Introducing The Maine Monitor
Aug 9, 2020 · The Maine Monitor is the next step in the evolution of MCPIR — a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization founded 10 years ago by veteran Maine journalists John Christie and Naomi Schalit. In 2012, the MCPIR founders adopted Pine Tree Watchdog as the organization’s public-facing editorial brand. In the summer of 2017, we ditched the ‘dog ...
These local officials are working to make sure Mainers get to vote
Sep 14, 2024 · YORK — To Lynn Osgood, an eleventh-generation Mainer, working as the town clerk and tax collector in York is “not a job, it’s a life.”. Wherever she goes, she expects to get questions: about car registrations, dog licenses, beach permits — and increasingly, elections. “I don’t go to Hannaford in my pajamas,” she said, letting ...
Harris eyes a rural Maine congressional district
2 days ago · In a presidential contest that’s expected to be tight, this year every electoral vote could matter. That’s why the Harris campaign has cast its eyes northward to Maine, home to one of the largest, coldest and most rural congressional districts in the country. At least part of the state could play an unexpected role in deciding this year’s ...
Building a welcoming, resilient Maine ahead of the climate crisis
Oct 8, 2023 · A new tool shows in granular detail the ways in which neighborhoods across Maine and the U.S. are vulnerable to climate change — not just in terms of impacts from increasing extreme weather and rising seas, but in their public health, the condition of their infrastructure and other socioeconomic factors that can make or break a community’s ability to survive and thrive through a crisis.
Maine Monitor releases its first annual impact report
Mar 19, 2023 · The Maine Monitor is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting. Our team of investigative journalists use data- and document-based reporting to produce stories that have an impact. The Maine Monitor reported in its first annual impact report that it doubled its news content in 2022, delivering on ...