BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Senators from Maine and Montana want the National Park Service to create a digitized version of a pass that provides access to hundreds of protected sites. Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine and Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana said this month that a digital version of the “America the […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Gulf of Maine, one of the world’s fastest-warming ocean waters, soared to a new new record for surface temperature. The Gulf of Maine Research Institute announced Monday that the surface temperature in 2021 was more than 4 degrees Fahrenheit above the long-term average. Researchers said the 2021 average was 54.14 […]
ELLSWORTH, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Janet Mills is donating campaign contributions from a former political candidate charged with possessing child porn to the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault. A spokesperson for Mills’ campaign said Monday that the donations from two-time gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler and his wife would be provided to the organization. They […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine man who was once a member of a neo-Nazi group has been sentenced to five years in prison on federal child pornography charges. The Portland Press Herald reports that 28-year-old Andrew Hazelton was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in July. The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office found in 2019 that […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine might start prohibiting utilities from suddenly disconnecting service to public safety facilities. A proposal from Democratic Rep. Seth Berry of Bowdoinham would require public utilities to give 60 days advance written notice to the facilities of their intent to end service. The utilities would also have to get authorization from […]
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — The Maine Legislature is getting involved in a dispute over which county can claim a string of coastal islands. Waldo County officials say a 70-year-old mapping error led to nine small islands being considered part of Knox County over the years. They say the islands are part of the Islesboro archipelago […]
GOULDSBORO, Maine (AP) — Residents of a Maine town that could be the site of a large salmon aquaculture operation have voted in favor of a moratorium on large-scale fish farms. Gouldsboro held a special town meeting on the subject on Nov. 15 and residents overwhelmingly approved of the measure. Town officials said the moratorium […]
HOWLAND, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine are investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy. A spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety in a statement Sunday said state police were notified by the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office about the death of the boy from the Penobscot County town of Howland at about 6:30 […]
FARMINGTON, Maine (AP) — A solar energy farm comprising 490 acres is now online and connected to the regional power grid. Bowdoin College joined four schools from Massachusetts to help fund the massive array of solar panels. The $110 million, 76.5-megawatt solar farm is touted as the biggest in New England. NextEra is the developer […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — About three-quarters of Maine’s eligible population is fully vaccinated against coronavirus, but four counties in the state remain below two thirds. Data provided by the office of Democratic Gov. Janet Mills say Franklin, Oxford, Piscataquis and Somerset counties remain below that threshold. Somerset County has the lowest percentage in the state […]
