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Veazie's Greystone Mobile Home Cooperative is joining Efficiency Maine's pilot to replace oil furnaces with ducted heat pumps, with installation costs reduced by a $13,900 rebate through Dec.

31 and a $1,000 copay that can be financed at 0% APR. Eligible low-income residents must pass an energy audit and may qualify if they receive MaineCare + HEAP, TANF, or SNAP.

Volunteer EMT Lily Robbins (23) returned home Friday to a cheering reception at the Searsmont fire station after five and a half months at Massachusetts General Hospital following the May 15 Robbins Lumber explosion, with dozens of first-responder vehicles escorting her and neighbors bringing signs and cookies.

Gouldsboro voters approved a nearly $265,000 supplemental budget Thursday night to expand EMS to 24/7, two-person crews for the Schoodic Peninsula; Winter Harbor must approve roughly $42,000 more (bringing the overall EMS budget to about $900,000).

Emergency vets at Eastern Maine Emergency Veterinary Clinic warn that Halloween's open doors, constant doorbells, and unfamiliar costumes can scare pets into escaping, so set up a quiet room away from the front door, keep candy out of paws + avoid open flames and scented candles.

Drift, Acadia National Park’s first Bark Ranger, died Oct.

20 at age 12 after eight years helping Maine Search and Rescue Dogs locate missing people and doing public demonstrations, and the park sells plush toys named for him at the Hulls Cove Visitor Center.

Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness is closing its 10-bed Cedar Road detox center in Bangor due to a $2 million funding gap; it stopped new admissions and will end inpatient care when current clients finish next week, leaving Wellspring’s New Horizons in Hampden as the nearest detox program.

Maine heating oil prices are at a record $6.05 per gallon today, about 82% higher than a year ago and ranging from $5.71 to $6.40 in eastern and Down East areas, which will cost roughly $750 more to fill a standard 275-gallon tank.

University of Maine scientists in Orono identified Teghaza 001 as a Martian meteorite more than 4 billion years old, offering a rare look at early Mars after the rock was recovered from the Sahara in 2022 and analyzed for a study published in Science.