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Coast of Maine Organic Products Achieves B Corporation Certification, Deepening its Longstanding Commitment to Social and Environmental Stewardship
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (308+ words) Formalizing a decades-long mission to support healthy soils, thriving communities, and a sustainable planet. PORTLAND, Maine, Aug. 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Coast of Maine Organic Products, a premium compost-based, OMRI-certified organic soil and fertilizer solution for gardens, is now a Certified B Corporation…...
Maine struggling to get homeowners to test and treat private wells for arsenic
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1151+ words) Wendy Brennan agreed to participate in a study examining how arsenic exposure can affect children’s cognitive development primarily because her young daughter wanted the free T-shirt. It was 2009, and the family had lived on their property in the small Kennebec…...
Local growers launch the Maine Native Plant Cooperative
18+ hour, 9+ min ago (216+ words) This season several nurseries in Maine joined forces to create a native plant grower’s cooperative. While operating independently, the coop members are working toward the shared goal of contributing to healthier, more resilient landscapes. They offer native and beneficial species…...
Another Maine police department uses an AI startup to write reports
23+ hour, 44+ min ago (564+ words) An artificial intelligence startup that lets police officers generate incident reports from body camera footage is expanding its foothold in Maine. Code Four, which first entered the state when it provided its software to Wilton police, now has a contract…...
Silent film festival will showcase Maine films unseen for over 100 years
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (895+ words) Before there was Hollywood, Maine made its mark on the silent film industry. In the early 20th century, Maine’s forests, lakes, rivers and coastline made the perfect backdrop for films made by small, local production companies. Local silent film expert and…...
How Portland, Maine, became New England???s bakery haven
19+ hour, 58+ min ago (1069+ words) By 8 a.m. on any given Saturday, the bakeries of Portland, Maine, are already in full swing. The city of roughly 70,000 people is home to an astonishing concentration of bakeries whose work rivals anything found in far larger cities. That didn’t happen…...
Maine’s gubernatorial candidates agree on education challenges, but not solutions
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1554+ words) Two of the three gubernatorial candidates vying to succeed Gov. Janet Mills this November agree on the major challenges Maine schools are facing: students are falling behind in reading and math, mental health needs are growing, educators are underpaid and…...
Maine sheriff???s deputy shoots man after he aimed gun at police responding to domestic incident, officials say
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (259+ words) A Maine sheriff’s deputy shot a man after he allegedly aimed a gun at law enforcement Monday in Brownfield, according to a statement from the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. Aric Junkins, 40, of Brownfield, was allegedly chasing his wife with a…...
Their plan to build hundreds of Bangor apartments is being held up by decades-old sewers
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (793+ words) A pair of local developers is still looking to bring hundreds of new apartments to Bangor, but is waiting for the city to complete sewer improvements before they can break ground. Justin and Nicole Freeman worked with Haley Ward to…...
The best knives for Maine hunters
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (325+ words) This story was originally published in August 2025. Over the years, an assortment of different hunting knives have wound up in my hunting day pack. Some held an edge well, and some did not. Without a doubt, the litmus test I…...