FARMINGTON - Entrepreneurship is not for the chicken-hearted among us.

MT. VERNON - Here at the Daily Bulldog we’ve done our share of traveling, and we’ve had more than our share of great meals in a dozen different states. None of them though, were any nicer than the completely fantastic and somewhat funky dinner we just enjoyed at The Olde Post Office Café in Mt. Vernon, Maine.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Agriculture Under Secretary Dallas Tonsager today announced that USDA is accepting applications for the High Energy Cost Grant program.
“Under this program, the funding awarded will improve energy generation, transmission and distribution facilities that serve extremely high energy cost rural areas - those with average home energy costs exceeding 275 percent of the [...]

FARMINGTON - University of Maine at Farmington is proud to announce that Celeste Branham, UMF vice president of student and community services, was recently accepted by Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government to its selective “Leadership for the 21st Century” program, to be held early this fall.

FARMINGTON - A local area man is hoping to make a splash with his cure-all water jets.
Professional Hydro-Blasters’ owner, Jonathan Farmer, is putting a super-powered pump at customers’ disposal for drain jetting and pressure washing. Farmer had worked in the field years ago, and was impressed enough that he decided to open his own Hot [...]

EAST WILTON - On August 19 and 20, 2010 Western Maine Community Action’s Housing and Energy Program will host Renovator, Repair and Painting Certification classes for local energy auditors and construction contractors.
The Environmental Protection Agency Rule requires contractors, property managers and others who disturb known or presumed lead-based paint during renovation to be certified. [...]

FARMINGTON - Three long-time employees of a local land surveying and mapping company are opening their own business near the downtown, looking to build on more than 100 years of experience.

JAY - Touch of Class Too Thrift Shop in the Jay Plaza opened its doors on Friday, July 30 to a crowd of supporters waiting for the ribbon cutting ceremony.

KINGFIELD - Rep. Jarrod Crockett (District 91) and Rep. Thomas Saviello (District 90) recently presented a Legislative Sentiment from the 124th Legislature of the State of Maine to honor Poland Spring’s Kingfield bottling plant LEED Gold Certification. Cameron Lorrain, Kingfield plant manger, accepted the sentiment on behalf of Poland Spring.

FARMINGTON – Landowners, including non-agricultural and forestry landowners, who would like technical and financial assistance in developing, improving, or managing wildlife habitat or restoring natural ecosystems, are encouraged to apply for the federal Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP), administered by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
WHIP is a voluntary program that encourages establishment of high [...]