Maine News October 22

Patch - The Nov. 3 general election is coming up. Official Maine election resources: Find your polling place | Register to vote | Absentee, mail and early voting. Maine has no online registration-status lookup; contact your municipal clerk to confirm your registration.

Press Herald - Th e U.S. Department of Agriculture is launching an $8 billion fuel relief program that offers a one-time cash payment to help food producers manage the strain of high diesel prices and rising operating expenses. The  Harvest Relief program breaks ground as the first federal bailout to extend emergency fuel aid to fishermen as well as farmers, according to USDA. It comes at a time when the dock price of lobster remains static, said Ben Martens, director of the Maine Coast Fisherman’s Association.

UPCOMING

OCT 22


OCT 23

4PM - 5PM   Merrill Memorial Library

OCT 24


Meetinghouse Arts Presents: Fiddle-icious → Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook St., Freeport 2:00 pm


Adventuring through Maine: Discovering Hidden Gems 1AM - 12PM  10 Library Drive, Freeport, ME

Haunted house this weekend at Howell House, Bowdoin College! 228 Maine St
OCT 27

Tonic, 7 Dunlap St., Brunswick: Open mic with Rexy Dinosaur, 6-8