Members of Maine’s farming community are divided over the possibility of a first-in-the-nation right-to-food amendment.
Ben Pinette
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US police departments clamoring for de-escalation training
Since the death of George Floyd and the protests that followed, police departments around the country are increasingly pushing for de-escalation training
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Acadia National Park on track for a record year
Acadia National Park is on track for a record year
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30 years after last hurricane, Maine and New England brace for Tropical Storm Henri
It’s exactly 30 years since a hurricane last made a direct hit on New England — and now the region is bracing for the possibility of another.
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Maine requires so-called PFAS to be phased out by 2030
A bill requiring manufacturers to report their use of a class of toxic chemicals and phase them out by 2030 is the law in Maine
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Maine triples number of sensors that track large sharks
Maine is nearly tripling the number of acoustic shark detectors in coastal waters a year after the state’s first fatal shark attack
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Man killed by officer in standoff near University of Maine at Presque Isle campus
Officials say a deputy sheriff fatally shot a man who fired a gun into the air and into the ground during a standoff in northern Maine.
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Supporters, foes weigh in on utility bill on governor’s desk
Supporters of a proposal to scrap Central Maine Power and Versant Power and replace them with a consumer-owned utility say they’re prepared to force a referendum if the bill is vetoed by Gov. Janet Mills
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Bill banning aerial herbicides on forestland vetoed by Gov. Mills
Maine Gov. Janet Mills has vetoed a bill to ban aerial spraying of some herbicides in forestland in the nation’s most heavily wooded state.