Heavy storms have replenished surface water, but dry conditions persist in most areas, groundwater levels remain low and the state still has a water deficit.
November 2016
Posted in2016 Election, Politics
Charts: early voter turnout surges in 2016 election
Mainers – especially Democrats – are turning out in record numbers for early voting.
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Posted inPolitics
Interactive: What items are clean elections funds paying for?
The list includes many things that may surprise contributors.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine, Volleyball
MPA proposal would expand high school volleyball to 3 classes
The changes would make travel easier in a sport that is growing in southern and Down East Maine.
Posted inLife & Culture, Link
WMPG Record Sale, storytellers and performers, Maine Women’s Expo: Things to do this weekend
Hey, we get an extra hour this weekend, so make it count.
Posted inNation & World, News
U.S. designates 25,000 miles of electric car-friendly highways
The goal of the program is to create ‘charging corridors’ where drivers are never far from charging stations.
Posted inMaine, News
Bowdoinham man charged with driving powerboat under the influence
Two women are seriously injured in a crash on the Kennebec River.
Posted inLife & Culture, Link
Which Maine beer are you? Take our quiz!
Would you get frostbite for Maine Beer Co.’s Dinner or do you need an orange slice to drink an Allagash White? As we head into Portland Beer Week, see what image your preferred local beer is projecting.
Posted inLife & Culture, Link
Explore Maine breweries from A to Z
See how many of these 50-plus breweries you’ve been to — and which you have yet to visit.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Former Old Orchard Beach fire chief pleads not guilty to arson
Prosecutors say Ricky Plummer deliberately set a wildfire in April that destroyed 43 acres of marsh and took more than 100 firefighters to control.