Only 5 trails on the entire East Coast have been given the federal designation to date.
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Some fume over mission of antique auto museum
A state lawsuit against the trust linked to the Mount Desert Island site finds a simmering feud over the founder’s charitable legacy.
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Maine high school jazz fest red hot and cool
Forty high schools from across the state compete at South Portland High School.
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Dreaming of a lobster license, but trapped on a waitlist
Strict entry rules mean some fishermen have been biding their time – in some cases for more than a decade. While legislators propose changes, lobstermen urge caution.
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State prepares to install string of high-speed chargers for electric vehicles
Seven stations scattered from Kennebunk to Jackman are expected to come online next year, giving vehicles a fast charge that will take them 240 miles.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Kidney donated by Maine mother gives everyone involved a gift
Wendy Littlefield needed a way to honor the daughter she lost in 2010. Along came a 12-year-old girl from Auburn.
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Volunteers at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens’ herbarium help curate its collection
They mount plants the old way, glued to acid-free paper, and the new – inputting facts online, with 21st-century implications.
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Maine investigates restaurant for using marijuana on lobsters before cooking them
Charlotte’s Legendary Lobster Pound in Southwest Harbor has been trying to sedate the crustaceans with marijuana smoke to make their deaths less traumatic.
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Owner of Press Herald, 5 other Maine dailies to buy two Hancock County weeklies
Rockland businessman Reade Brower acquires the Ellsworth American and Mount Desert Islander from longtime owner Alan Baker.
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Teenager charged with threat to shoot up Mount Desert Island school
Police say the former student posted the threat on social media that the shooting would happen Monday.