The park commission recommends doing away with a decades-old lottery that awards campsites in perpetuity.
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Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Mount View High School evacuated after staff detects smell of gas
Within one minute of the initial call to Thorndike, fire departments from Freedom, Unity and Montville also responded.
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Posted inMaine, News
Bald eagle, the oldest documented in Maine, is euthanized after a fall
The staff at Avian Haven is ‘beyond sad’ to say goodbye to the bird rescued two years ago in Washington County.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Birding: Since 1999, Avian Haven has treated more than 26,000 birds
The bird rehabbers who work – and volunteer – at the nonprofit in Freedom are heroes.
Posted inFood
You have a 2-week window to get a table at The Lost Kitchen. But it’s not that easy.
Diners all over the world can gamble a postcard and a stamp in hopes of getting a table at the restaurant in Freedom.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Maine wildlife chief no stranger to drama like the great black hawk flap
A winter storm knocked the bird from its perch in Portland’s Deering Oaks and a group of heroic souls came to the rescue.
Posted inAnimals, Maine
Rare raptor’s health improving after its rescue from snowstorm
A great black hawk found in the snow in Deering Oaks is being treated at a wildlife rehabilitation center thanks to a Portland woman and volunteer drivers who relayed the bird through Sunday’s storm.
Posted inMaine, News
Great black hawk in Portland rescued during snowstorm
The injured bird, which is native to Central and South America, had been living in Deering Oaks.
Posted inPolitics
Lawmakers from Portland and Biddeford join leadership in Maine House
All 3 of the top Democrats in the House are from southern Maine.
Posted inAnimals, Maine, Outdoors
While Maine’s loon population holds steady, boaters can pose a danger
Members of the Friends of Messalonskee have fielded complaints about boaters coming too close to the birds’ nesting areas or driving too fast too close to shore.