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Friends of Casco Bay has partnered with other environmental groups to study healthy eelgrass beds this summer in hopes of finding a way to restore eelgrass habitat. Learn more at their webinar Thursday.
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The metro area has ranked among the cleanest cities for ozone for seven years in a row, and for its daily measure of particle pollution for the last 15 years.
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First suspect charged in new federal investigation into Maine's illegal marijuana growing operationsA Penobscot County man is the first person to be federally charged in an ongoing Department of Justice investigation into illegally grown marijuana. Xisen Guo is accused by the U.S. State Attorney's office of maintaining a drug-involved premises at his home in Passadumkeag.
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The new federal standards will require that a registered nurse be on duty 24-7.
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The saltmarsh sparrow only breeds in salt marshes in the Northeast, and has been in rapid decline since the late 1990s.
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Jared Golden voted in support of a proposal to provide aid to Israel. But Pingree voted against that bill.
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Maine will use its share of $5.5 billion in grants to facilitate single- and multi-family on-site solar programs and support cooperatively owned community solar.
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About 75 people, including more than 2 dozen children, took to Monument Square in Portland on Saturday to call for a permanent ceasefire.
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Dechaine has been serving a life sentence for the killing of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry in 1988, and is asking for a new trial based on DNA test evidence released two years ago.
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Brennan passed away April 6th at the age of 89. At his funeral at The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland Brennan was celebrated as a leader who was polite, sympathetic, firm and fair, a man who spent his life in public service.
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This session brought many wins, allowing developers to chip away at Maine's housing production goals and advocates to help those facing homelessness and tenants struggling to pay rent.
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Under the newly passed legislation, Maine's Child Development Services (CDS) offices would remain open, but responsibility for students aged three to five would be transferred to local school districts over four years.