Lobstermen, environmentalists agree right whale plan is flawed, for different reasons

Ropeless lobster fishing

Nestle selling Poland Spring and other bottled-water brands for $4.3 billion

Portland Expo to be used as mass vaccination site starting in early March

Maine ranks 4th among states with least cases per capita in past seven days

Maine GOP condemns Collins for following the law

Health care Posted February 14 increase font size Resize Font How Maine weathered the second surge – and what lies ahead

Recreational pot sales have more than doubled since Maine’s market launch

Maine's hidden connections to slavery

Maine activists protest Nestle’s potential sale of Poland Spring Water to private-equity firm

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine hit lowest levels since November

Portland ranked 9th healthiest city in country

The Frances Perkins Center has purchased the former U.S. labor secretary's summer home and is turning it into an educational center.

Maine third most popular state to move to during pandemic

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Late Census throws Maine redistricting into chaos

Maine recovery coalition makes decriminalizing drug possession a legislative priority

From a striking memoir about homeless existence in Maine

Maine units of measurement

Via Jerry Tims

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Median house sales price up 14% from last year

Historically mild January leaves Maine lakes with dangerously thin ice

Maine was managing COVID-19 spread better than almost all states. Not anymore.

‘Troubled’ by Maine Capitol Police chief’s social media posts, Mills calls for review

Maine leads the nation per capita in organic vegetable farms

Attendance at Maine state parks tops 3 million for first time

Maine’s digital divide

Covid update

Maine currently ranks 11th lowest state in per capita incident of Covid 19. Its death rate is 1.4% compared with 1.7% for the nation as a whole.

2020 was warmest year on record for Portland, Maine

Unprecedented wave of solar development spurs land rush in Maine

Farmers lose hope – and money – in race to build Maine’s hemp market

Hannaford Pharmacies Will Administer Moderna Vaccine In 2nd Phase Of Maine's Rollout

Maine's Overall Crime Rate Declines For 8th Consecutive Year

Median home sales price up 20% from last year

Maine to get 40% less vaccine than expected for next week

What Mainers should know about the arrival of vaccines

First shipments of COVID-19 vaccines arrive at Maine hospitals

While CMP profits, critics say cost of widespread outages will be borne by ratepayers

Difficult ethical choices await Maine’s vaccine planners: Who goes first?

Down East Christmas

 

Via The Maine Beaches

How Many COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Maine Is Expecting, And Where They're Going

Utah senator blocks Collins’ bill for national museums honoring Latinos, women

Mills issues order requiring operators of indoor public spaces to deny entry to people without face coverings

 

Maine colleges lend critical research freezers as state mobilizes for historic vaccine rollout

 Maine joins multi-state antitrust lawsuit against Facebook

 

Portland activists organize citizen-led board to advocate for tenants amid threat of rent hikes

 

Unemployment claims surge in Maine

 

 

 

 

Marijuana has grown to become Maine’s most valuable crop

Strong storm leaves heavy snow; over 88,000 Mainers still in the dark

Civil engineers rate Maine's public works C minus

Maine Medical Center reduces visitation further as COVID-19 surges

Maine voters set record with 78% turnout for presidential race

What Truth and Reconciliation Looks Like in Maine

Maine records $1.4 million in legal recreational cannabis sales in first month