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Bangor Daily News
bangordailynews.com > 08/20/2026 > bdn-maine > internationally-acclaimed-dancer-zoe-jakes-to-perform-and-teach-in-midcoast-maine

Internationally acclaimed dancer Zoe Jakes to perform and teach in Midcoast Maine

54+ min ago   (372+ words) In a rare appearance, one of the world’s top fusion belly dancers is coming to Belfast and Brooks for workshops, a performance intensive, one-night-only show BELFAST — You’ve never seen belly dance like this before! Internationally acclaimed fusion belly dancer Zoe…...

Bangor Daily News
bangordailynews.com > aquaculture-maine-marine-living-resources

Aquaculture & Maine Marine Living Resources

3+ hour, 14+ min ago   (459+ words) WRITTEN BY JULIA BAYLY While hiking or driving alongside the New Meadows River in Brunswick, you might miss the active farming operation just beneath the tidal waters at the end of Casco Bay. But if you look closely, you will…...

@wbur
wbur.org > hereandnow > 08/20/2026 > maine-old-growth-forests

Inside the race to save Maine's old growth forests

14+ hour, 55+ min ago   (107+ words) Maine is the most heavily forested state in the country. And so-called old growth forests there are home to some of the rarest wooded landscapes that provide habitat for unique species and trap... Maine is the most heavily forested state…...

Yahoo News
yahoo.com > news > us > articles > august-radio-hour-explores-maine-151023548.html

August ‘radio hour’ explores how Maine jails treat addiction

11+ hour, 40+ min ago   (392+ words) In this month's episode of The Maine Monitor Radio Hour, Maine Monitor health care reporter Emily Bader spoke with editor Kate Cough about Bader's recent project on treating addiction in Maine's jails... In this month's episode of The Maine Monitor…...

Bangor Daily News
bangordailynews.com > 08/20/2026 > state > state-police-courts > maine-prison-discipline-punishment-policy-guilt

A longstanding loophole in Maine prison disciplinary policy allows for punishment regardless of guilt

4+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1253+ words) Incarcerated Mainers are pushing back against a longstanding loophole in the Department of Corrections’ disciplinary policy that allows staff to issue punishments before and regardless of a finding of guilt. “It flat out just denies incarcerated people their due process…...

Yahoo Finance
finance.yahoo.com > small-business > articles > coast-maine-organic-products-achieves-145000701.html

Coast of Maine Organic Products Achieves B Corporation Certification, Deepening its Longstanding Commitment to Social and Environmental Stewardship

1+ day, 12+ 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…...

Chron
chron.com > news > article > maine-struggling-to-get-homeowners-to-test-and-22393571.php

Maine struggling to get homeowners to test and treat private wells for arsenic

1+ day, 19+ 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…...

Bangor Daily News
bangordailynews.com > 08/19/2026 > bdn-maine > local-growers-launch-the-maine-native-plant-cooperative

Local growers launch the Maine Native Plant Cooperative

1+ day, 3+ hour 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…...

Bangor Daily News
bangordailynews.com > 08/19/2026 > politics > rockland-maine-police-department-ai-reports-joam40zk0w

Another Maine police department uses an AI startup to write reports

1+ day, 9+ hour 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…...

centralmaine.com
centralmaine.com > 08/19/2026 > silent-film-festival-will-showcase-maine-films-unseen-for-over-100-years

Silent film festival will showcase Maine films unseen for over 100 years

1+ day, 12+ 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…...