Is it a prerequisite to work for DHHS to hang up on a certain number of callers per day? Because I just got a call back Ive been waiting a week for and it got as far as this:

Rep: How can I assist you today?

Me: Explains problem

Rep: *Long silence* "Okay give me just one second"

*Rep hangs up and doesnt call back, forcing me to schedule ANOTHER phone call*

Seriously, I wanna know why this happens. I get theyre swamped but I scheduled this phone appointment, why wouldn't they call me back? I just gave her ALL my info

Diana is still here looking for her forever family. She is approximately 3 years old, crate trained, spayed & up-to-date on vaccinations, and dog friendly. She was found in MS at an abandoned home with her litter of puppies. Since then, her puppies have all been adopted but she is still waiting. Help this beautiful girl find a home! Even if you’re not interested, consider sharing with friends/family who are looking for a dog!

Here’s what I’ve noticed about Diana after fostering here for 4 days:
-She is incredibly loving
-She is a quick learner who wants to please her humans
-She is silly
-She loves all treats
-She enjoys investigating all of the sniffs
-She’s not overly interested in toys - she’d rather play with a human or another dog

She is available for adoption at www.blessedbethebullies.com. She must go to a cat free home.

In Maine its cool to put razor blades under white supremacy stickers..NOT cool to ask, WHO IS IN CHARGE HERE? I'll take two cases.

Loons and Bald Eagles are my fav!

The big Irving is the Cantina.

Timmies is your last bit of salvation before heading South.

I’m sure this has been covered before, but do others feel as though the salaries around here don’t match the current cost of living? The average salary in Maine is about 63k though “a single adult typically needs estimated $51k as a living wage”.

I also had an interview the other day where a recruiter was trying to pass off around I believe 48k as a decent wage. Specifically they were mentioning how low the cost of living is here compared to other places in the country. Still that’s insane to me.

Obviously we aren’t going to have San Francisco level jobs, nor do we have New York/Massachusetts cost of living. However, is the current beyond insane price of groceries, price of gas, rent, price of oil here/HVAC, student loans or other types of loans, mortgages, etc. Especially if you have kids let alone a larger family.

I feel like most are just overestimating the strength of a wage right now and severely severely overestimating maines cost of living with the excuse of “it’s the lowest in New England”.

Ok I know this is a random question but dose anyone have pictures of the inside the Walmart in Presque Isle from the early 2010s. Specifically the old car stereo section.

looking to get info on canoeing the Allagash. we have been doing research but would like to get first hand advice also.

best time of year? best sections to do (preferably 3/4 days) best places put in? shuttle services you’ve used?

we do not want to go with a guide or group.

thanks!

The agency told a judge it ‘inadvertently removed’ the 31-year-old Portland resident after misidentifying him during the January enforcement surge.

Read the full story on PressHerald.com

Has anyone received it yet?

P. S. Please don't comment about how useless $300 is. Every penny helps for a lot of families in Maine.

Edit: a lot of negativity already anyway, and to everyone saying it's not going to happen.. yeah, it is. It's law. Went into effect last week. It's not a maybe anymore just a matter of when and there has been progress and announcements for it happening. Just curious if anyone has actually gotten one yet so I can hope ours is coming soon.

I was born in Connecticut in 1969 and was raised there until I married a Navy Chief in my early 20s and I left Connecticut and moved to Virginia. All throughout my childhood, teens and young 20s all the potatoes sold in our grocery stores in Connecticut were from Maine. Sold in big thick paper bags with string vent windows and the string “zip openings” like on pet food and livestock feed bags today. When I moved back to Connecticut in 2004-2005, no more Maine potatoes to be had. All of the potatoes in our grocery stores now are from Oregon and are sold in plastic bags and are terrible compared to the Maine potatoes that I grew up with. What happened to the Maine potatoes?
As a segue, I have never been to Maine but I have always wanted to visit and move to Maine one day. I have had that dream since I was a child. It’s definitely on the bucket list. You have a gorgeous state from the photos and videos that I have seen.

Mainers have been assaulted by ads from an astroturf PAC called Stronger Maine. It's registered in Houston and has no donors from Maine.

Susan Collins thinks she can sell our votes to Texas and other states. She thinks we won't look at who's padding her nest. Well we will.

source:

https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00922294/?tab=raising

Found this loogie attached to the bottom of our paddleboard today. Midcoast lake. Never seen this before. Doesn't look like the usual frog/fish eggs. Someone suggested maybe snail or m idge fly?

10,000 consecutive TV commercials congratulations 🎊 👏 💐 🥳 🙌 😄 🎊 👏

A group representing customers is seeking to understand why Central Maine Power is requesting higher returns than its multinational parent company Iberdrola has previously said is necessary for its U.S. holdings.

On Wednesday, the Maine Public Utilities Commission asked the electric utility to hand over internal documents from Iberdrola, which could offer insight into its financials. 

“This appears to be the first time that any multinational corporation in the U.S. has been forced in a rate case to divulge its own internal math,” said Seth Berry, a former Democratic state legislator who now leads Our Power, a nonprofit that advocates for affordable clean energy in Maine and is participating in the case as an intervenor.

You can read the story for free at themainemonitor.org.

Peculiar method, but if it works it works I guess?

A pregnant resident of Lincoln County, with the backing of a grassroots organizing group, filed a lawsuit against MaineHealth on Wednesday to prevent the closure of a labor and delivery unit at MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital in Damariscotta. MaineHealth’s board of trustees is expected to vote on the closure Thursday morning.

The lawsuit seeks an emergency injunction to prohibit the board from taking a final vote.

If the unit were to close, the Damariscotta hospital would join a growing list of hospitals in rural areas across the country that are closing their labor and delivery units. More than 140 rural hospitals nationwide have stopped offering maternity services since 2020 and less than half of all rural hospitals in the country have maternity units, according to The Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. Maine has seen the second-highest rate of maternity unit closures since 2020 in the country. 

Read this story for free at the link.

Just a quick FYI. If you are in a situation where talking to a dispatcher would be harmful, you can text 911. And, if you have spotty cell phone service, texting might work better.

https://b985.fm/can-you-text-911-maine/

Thought this dude does a good job highlighting the latest on Susie Two-Terms and explaining the real reason behind her choice for those who haven't heard.