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Sen. King and Sen. Collins push for more Pentagon funding for BIW ships
15+ hour, 2+ min ago (443+ words) BATH, Maine " Both of Maine's U. S. Senators, Republican Susan Collins and independent Angus King, visited U. S. Navy ship builder Bath Iron Works Thursday to make the case for continuous funding for more destroyers built by BIW. Collins said, "That makes no sense…...
How Maine communities are transforming food waste
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (367+ words) SURRY, Maine " Every day, hundreds of pounds of food waste could end up in a landfill. Instead, Kate Tomkins, founder of Chickadee Compost in Surry, turns it into compost. "We pick all those things up, and we bring it here,…...
Graham Platner leads in US Senate primary
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (698+ words) PORTLAND, Maine " Oyster farmer and military veteran Graham Platner has'led the Democratic Senate primary polls, independent and internal, since the start of this election year. "That tends to mimic what we're seeing out on the ground, and that gives me…...
Maine mobile home park residents have faced nearly 3 years of unsafe water amid rent hikes
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (1816+ words) FAIRFIELD, Maine " One resident of a Fairfield mobile home park doesn't let her children play under a sprinkler or fill up a kiddie pool in the summer because the park's water has often contained harmful bacteria and "forever chemicals." She…...
New Maine law requires 120-day notice before hospital maternity closures
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (269+ words) AUGUSTA, Maine " Maine hospitals must now provide at least 120 days" notice before closing maternity wards or newborn care services under a new law that took effect immediately Friday. The bill, LD 2189, was recommended by the Commission on Hospitals and Health…...
Battle of the bunnies: An invasive species spreads in Maine while a native species is endangered
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (538+ words) MAINE, USA " Maine wildlife officials are raising concerns about a growing population of eastern cottontail rabbits, an invasive species that could threaten the state's native New England cottontail. The eastern cottontail was introduced to other parts of New England for…...
From trailer to trailblazer: Owen Mc Carthy's journey
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (540+ words) PORTLAND, Maine " Maine Republican gubernatorial candidate Owen Mc Carthy may be a successful founder of a medical device company, but his origins were modest, in a rural part of the state 90 miles north of Bangor, near the state's tallest peak....
Students at UNH tap into forestry's future
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (379+ words) DURHAM, N. H. " Maine's forest products industry, valued at billions of dollars, is trying to bring in younger workers as many current employees near retirement." At the University of New Hampshire, students get practical experience by making maple syrup and working with…...
Maine's high court blocks ranked choice voting expansion bill
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (264+ words) MAINE, USA " The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled a Democratic-backed bill that would expand ranked choice voting (RCV) would violate the Maine Constitution if it passed." The bill at issue, LD-1666, would extend RCV in Maine to races for governor and…...
30 years later, Maine police still seek missing Milo man
4+ day, 33+ min ago (120+ words) MILO, Maine " Maine State Police are renewing efforts to locate a man who went missing from Milo 30 years ago. Michael Madore was last seen in 1996, and investigators have found no evidence that he is living elsewhere, state police said in…...