Volunteers across Maine have been keeping records of when the ice clears on the state’s lakes each spring, a century-old tradition now being used to assess the impact of climate change.
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Susan Collins hauls in cash for 2020 re-election campaign
With the race for the U.S. Senate in Maine more than a year off, the incumbent Republican senator has accumulated record campaign donations, even before any official announcement that she will seek another term.
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Survivors of domestic violence press for $5 million in state support
Dozens rally and testify in support of a bill to fund nonprofit groups that provide support services. It would be the first state funding increase for the programs since 2000.
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Republicans call for state income tax cut, warn against Democratic agenda
A group of prominent Republicans gathered with supporters at the State House on Monday, the tax filing deadline in most states, to highlight Maine’s tax burden and call for spending restraint.
Posted inAnimals, Maine, News, Outdoors
Annual frog migration brings out amphibian fans in Cumberland
Volunteers came Sunday to help frogs and salamanders cross Range Road, but the most movement likely happened after midnight, when the human visitors were gone.
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Anson fire victim was a great outdoorsman, story teller, according to his children
Richard Duley, 75, was alone in his Moore Street home Sunday when it was destroyed by fire, the cause of which remains unknown.
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Bill Nemitz: ‘Survivor Bob’ aims his frustration – and shotgun – at resurgent browntail moths
Bob Crowley laments how close he once came to ending Maine’s infestation. Now they’re back with a vengeance.
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Our View: Maine’s lax vaccine policy is not protecting public health
The scientific debate on the immunization of children is over. It’s time for the political debate to come to a close as well.
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Maine pursues plan to stock schools with anti-overdose medication
All of the state’s public high schools and middle schools would have naloxone available in an effort being developed by the Mills administration.
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Bubba the cat rescued after surviving 36 hours, 2 snowstorms in tall tree in Skowhegan
The 11-month-old cat climbed up a 30-foot-tall cedar tree Monday and wouldn’t come down, despite the urgings of his owner, Christine Conte.