More than half of the 44 positions slashed from Maine’s Center for Disease Control were federally funded, they say, needlessly leaving the state vulnerable. CDC officials argue the money’s not lost.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
State to put restaurant inspection data online
A 2013 Telegram investigation has led health safety officials in Maine to join other states that already provide Internet access to health inspection records.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine’s energy forecast: Partly sunny, clouded by questions
A retired engineer’s solar-panel-equipped home in Oakland produces more electricity than it uses, feeds some back into the grid and dramatically reduces costs. Can we integrate this model on a wide scale?
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Saturday’s Maine men’s colleges roundup: Southern Maine baseball scores in 13th to complete sweep
Sam Dexter scores the winning run for the Huskies.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Maine, News
Bill Nemitz: Thank you, you lifted me. And doc says, ‘Liftoff!’
My treatment – the astronaut regimen – will continue for several months, but I’m ready to reoccupy my perch in the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram newsroom.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Likely shutdown of West Coast sardine fishing echoes 1940s crash
Fishermen hope that limits for incidental catch of sardines won’t be set so low that other fisheries are shut down.
Posted inLife & Culture, Maine, News
Easter weekend full of egg hunts, special blessings
At the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, children play in the exhibits while searching for eggs.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Saturday’s Maine women’s college roundup: Southern Maine softball sweeps Rhode Island College
The Huskies score 24 total runs in two wins.
Posted inNation & World
U.S. faces challenges in training Syrian fighters
The multisided conflict is characterized by shifting allegiances and presents shifting battle lines.
Posted inNation & World
Judge: Agency’s decision on Navy violates federal law
A fisheries agency shouldn’t have allowed the Navy to train in protected waters, a judge says.