Last week, a group of Maine lobstermen worked out a plan for how they would respond to an aggregation of endangered North Atlantic right whales in federal waters. In January 2025, an unusually large number of whales surprised fishermen and scientists when they showed up in a part of the southern Gulf of Maine known as Jeffrey's Ledge.

A public hearing Friday evening showed Waldo County Commissioners that residents are not willing to accept the increase in their taxes.

The $300 million project would be built in two phases. City officials say the site is ideal for tech development, but similar data centers have been steeped in controversy over environmental concerns.

Fishermen were allowed to harvest up to 58,400 pounds of northern shrimp during a limited-run pilot last winter. But they caught just 70 individual shrimp, totaling less than three pounds.

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Walden Renewables developed the Mousam River Solar Project on 140 acres of privately owned parcels. It went online in late October.

A Charter spokesperson said the company is transitioning work done in Portland to other call centers around the country.

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Maine lawmakers heard from representatives of the forest products industries Wednesday about the effect that 10% tariffs on Canadian imports are having on their operations.

When built, the tower would be the tallest, by far, in Maine and in northern New England. The project is the first major test of Portland's new height allowances, which the city approved last year.