While fishermen say it goes too far and would wreak havoc on their livelihoods, advocates for protecting the endangered species say it doesn’t go far enough.
2021
Boys’ basketball: Yarmouth never trails in 57-35 win over Freeport
Peter Psyhogeos scores 17 points as the Clippers improved to 4-1.
Falmouth opening schools to more students in March
The school committee also passed a resolution asking the state to push Maine teachers to the front of the vaccination line.
Local roundup: Richmond boys basketball tops St. Dominic
Calob Densmore leads Bobcats with 28 points in win.
Paris unanimously supports anti-masking resolution, citing American Disabilities Act
Disability Rights Maine rejects the attempts to misappropriate hard-won disability rights for the use of “misguided” civil disobedience.
Grand jury declines to charge officers involved in Daniel Prude’s death
The officers held down Prude, a 41-year-old Black man, naked and handcuffed on a Rochester, N.Y., street last winter until he stopped breathing.
Critics: GOP measures target Black voter turnout in Georgia
Black voters have fueled big Democratic wins in Georgia, and Republicans are trying to make sure it doesn’t happen again
Vilsack clinches Agriculture post; U.N. ambassador approved
President Biden’s Cabinet is starting to fill out; here’s how his nominees fared on Tuesday.
Maine tribal rep seeks permanent voice on wildlife panel
Tribal Rep. Rena Newell of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point proposes a permanent Wabanaki appointment to the Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Advisory Council.
Southern Baptists oust 2 churches over LGBTQ inclusion
The organization also kicks out two other churches for employing pastors convicted of sex offenses.