PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Representatives for a Maine company that plans to send small satellites into space from the Northeast’s most rural state said they will start launches next year. Brunswick-based bluShift Aerospace hopes to turn Maine into a hub for the launching of commercial nanosatellites and has been making progress toward that goal for […]
Jun. 2—FAIRFIELD — Chock-full of forever chemicals, the fishing holes next to Fairfield’s youth athletic complex on Industrial Drive are believed to be some of the most polluted waters in Maine — yet the state still stocks these ponds every year with hatchery-raised brook trout for local children to catch. The Maine Department of Inland […]
A 36-year-old man from Massachusetts was killed after a crash at a weigh station on the Maine Turnpike in Kittery. It happened just after 3:00 a.m. on Saturday. Maine State Police say a car driven by Chhoeunly Phoeung left the southbound side of the highway and struck several objects at the entrance to the state […]
May 30—Maine State Police are investigating the death of a 22-month-old child in Thomaston on Wednesday night. Thomaston Police and Rescue responded to the Walmart in Thomaston just before 7:30 p.m. for a report of a child not breathing, a Department of Public Safety spokesperson said in a prepared statement on Thursday. The child was […]
May 29—Maine farmers will most likely benefit from the warmer weather and longer growing seasons caused by climate change, but they also will face greater risks as our milder winters make conditions ripe for more harmful plant diseases and pests. Extreme weather brought on by climate change will pose additional risks, forcing farmers to prepare […]
May 30—Three Democrats are competing to represent a part of Portland in the Maine House of Representatives and fill the seat held by outgoing House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross. Former state Rep. Herb Adams, outgoing state Sen. Ben Chipman and former Portland school board member Yusuf Yusuf will face off in the June 11 primary. […]
May 29—Maine regulators on Wednesday rejected a proposed settlement with a competitive electricity provider, ruling that the agreement calling for refunds to customers and the opportunity to switch to different rate plans falls short of what’s needed to punish the company given that it has drawn hundreds of consumer complaints. The Public Utilities Commission voted […]
May 28—Federal officials on Tuesday offered Maine a lease to research offshore wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine, moving the state closer to establishing a presence in the budding zero-carbon energy industry. The site is 28 nautical miles off the coast, southeast of Portland. If developed, it will include up to 12 floating offshore […]
May 28—Maine’s only youth prison has hired a new leader to oversee the facility. Ryan Andersen has been appointed superintendent of the Long Creek Youth Development Center, the Maine Department of Corrections announced on Tuesday. Andersen had been deputy superintendent at Long Creek since 2022. He filled in as acting superintendent after the facility’s former […]
May 25—A superior court judge is allowing the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine to include the attorney general in a lawsuit that accuses the state of failing to provide lawyers to poor Mainers. The Kennebec County Superior Court on Thursday granted the ACLU’s petition to add Attorney General Aaron Frey to the ongoing lawsuit, […]
May 22—A Lebanon man is launching an effort to overturn a new Maine law that would have the state pledge all of its electoral votes in presidential races to the candidate who wins the national popular vote. James DuPrie submitted paperwork to the Maine Department of the Secretary of State this month to initiate the […]
May 22—State officials are trying to make it easier for people to find jobs in Maine’s clean energy sector. The Governor’s Energy Office on Wednesday launched the Maine Clean Energy Jobs Network, a recruiting tool to connect skilled jobseekers with clean energy employers and training programs. The jobs network is coordinated with the Department of […]