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PublishedNovember 28, 2021
University of Maine researchers try producing potato resistant to climate change
Warming temperatures and an extended growing season can lead to quality problems and disease, Gregory Porter, a professor of crop ecology and management, said.
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PublishedSeptember 12, 2021
Maine potato farmers feeling optimistic ahead of harvest
Spud growers are feeling hopeful with a solid crop and reopening restaurants driving stronger demand.
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PublishedAugust 8, 2021
Pandemic set off deadly rise in speeding that hasn’t stopped
The number of highway deaths in 2020 was the greatest in more than a decade even though cars and trucks drove fewer miles during the pandemic.
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PublishedOctober 18, 2020
Winter energy costs to be higher but Maine oil users may get break
Oil prices remain depressed, and nearly 20 percent of homes in the Northeast rely on oil furnaces for their primary heating source.
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PublishedAugust 16, 2020
Shipyard workers to begin voting this week on labor pact
Bath Iron Works employees, who’ve maintained pickets for nearly two months during a global pandemic, are going to have the final say this week on a proposed labor pact at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works
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PublishedJuly 19, 2020
Absentee voting smooth in Maine, but big test is November
The state’s July 14 primary shattered previous records for absentee ballot use in a primary.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2020
Fungal disease causes some lawns to turn black in Maine
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension says the best response to the infection is to reseed damaged areas.
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PublishedMay 25, 2020
Maine encourages absentee voting in July primary election
Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap urges people to vote via absentee ballot during the July primary election to limit the exposure that voters and polling workers have to the coronavirus.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2020
Maine’s eel season, delayed by virus, finally gets started
Fishermen are expected to begin the state’s lucrative harvest of baby eels after the coronavirus outbreak forced the season to be held back
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PublishedMarch 28, 2020
As waters warm, risk of whales being struck by ships rises
Ship strikes involving rare North Atlantic right whales on the East Coast and giant blue whales on the West Coast have already increased, scientists say.
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