The Maine Center for Disease Control has added 50 more cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. No new deaths were reported.

The enforcement of lobster trap rules far offshore is getting increased attention from state and federal regulators, who are turning to new technology to inspect gear for compliance with requirements that aim to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from deadly entanglements.

Northern Light Acadia Hospital in Bangor announced on Friday that it needs to expand in order to meet the growing demand for psychiatric care.

Maine is experiencing its worst browntail moth season in a century, and forest experts say that unseasonably warm temperatures and dry conditions are contributing to the outbreak which has spread across the state.

Abnormally conditions have re-appeared across about two-thirds of the state, with a significant portion of southern and western Maine now in a moderate drought stage.

On Sunday, Ellsworth, Maine will have its first-ever pride celebration. Community members say it is all because of Ellsworth High School’s Gender and Sexuality Diversity Alliance, or GSDA.

In this week’s newsletter: Maine bucks a national trend; ranked-choice voting expansion stalls again; Golden draws early GOP spending campaign; Mills mum on Hydro-Quebec bill.

The state reports the daily count of new Covid-19 cases rests in the 30s for the third time in two weeks.

One measure would require the retirement system to divest itself of interest in companies that own or manage fossil fuels, like oil and natural gas. The second measure would require the system to divest itself of any interest in companies that own or operate private prisons.

Legislation that would close the Long Creek Youth Development Center in two years was approved Thursday evening by a vote of 81 to 57 in the House. But, the measure faces strong opposition, including from the Mills administration, and it will have to survive additional votes.