Jul. 1—Last year’s extreme rainstorms flushed over 745 million gallons of raw storm and sewer water into Maine rivers and bays — more than twice as much as what overflowed the systems in 2022 and more than any other year since 2015. According to a new Maine Department of Environmental Protection report, last year’s untreated […]
Jun. 17—After poring through federal budget documents, a 40-year-old nonprofit called Citizens Against Government Waste tallied up all the targeted spending that Congress allocated for specific projects across the nation. When it was done with its work, the nonprofit declared that U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, had pushed through 231 earmarks last year […]
Jun. 17—Laura Minich Zitske was overwhelmed when she first walked along the Maine beaches that had been pummeled by winter storms to assess them before the annual return of the piping plovers. She found it hard to imagine how the small, endangered birds would find places to nest, above the waterline, on beaches that had […]
Maine U.S. House 1st District candidate Ron Russell casts his early voting ballot. (Campaign photo) Ron Russell won the Republican primary election Tuesday for Maine’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. Russell won with 55% of the vote with three-quarters of the votes counted, defeating Andrew Piantidosi. He will move on to […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Thousands of pages of Maine Department of Public Safety documents released Friday include detailed descriptions of the chaos and carnage surrounding the state’s deadliest mass shooting. Officers arrived at the two shooting scenes in Lewiston last October not knowing if the gunman was still there, and with living and dead victims […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Maine voters already cast their votes for president, but they’re back at it on Tuesday for the state primary election. This time, voters will choose two nominees who will vie for a U.S. House seat that could be critical to determining which party wins the majority. When former President Donald Trump won […]
Jun. 2—LEWISTON — It’s the time of year when people in Maine start seeing a plethora of fresh fruits and vegetables showing up at local farmers markets, farm stands and other markets. Agriculture is of course a year-round sector of the economy, which gets a significant seasonal boost. But as the flowers bloom and the […]
New names have topped the list for both most popular boys names and most popular girls names in Maine. On Thursday, the Social Security Administration released the top baby names for boys and girls born in 2023 – nationally and by state, showing some changes in the most popular names Maine parents are picking for […]
May 19—Under Maine’s beverage container redemption program, when a manufacturer, bottling company or distributor sells a beverage that falls under the redemption law, it collects from the retailer 5 cents for each beverage or 15 cents on spirits and wine. The retailer then charges the consumer the appropriate deposit at the time of purchase. When […]
May 14—It was just a cheap poster of the solar system, hung on the wall of a basement laundromat and video arcade in Orono — a reputed hangout for pot smokers and a place that young Edward Herrick-Gleason had been warned about by the adults in his life. But by age 13, Herrick-Gleason was already […]
May 14—He sued his ex to keep his identity private. But now it appears that lawsuit is backfiring against Maine’s anonymous Mega Millions winner. In November, the man who won $1.35 billion after buying a lottery ticket from a gas station in Lebanon filed a complaint in U.S. District Court against the mother of his […]
It’s a dilemma no business owner should have to face: whether to reopen after a mass shooting. The answer didn’t come easily to Justin and Samantha Juray. But when they did decide to reopen their Maine bowling alley, they didn’t hold back. When patrons returned Friday, six months after the gunman opened fire, they were […]