Sue Ellen Bordwell rarely saw another bicyclist during her commute on Route 1 from Yarmouth to the University of Southern Maine in the 1990s.
“Then one day there had been this little…
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Walking trails, bicycle paths and other improvements are under consideration
Walking trails, bicycle paths and other improvements are under consideration
Sue Ellen Bordwell rarely saw another bicyclist during her commute on Route 1 from Yarmouth to the University of Southern Maine in the 1990s.
“Then one day there had been this little…
As the holiday season approaches during the state’s worst surge of COVID-19, Maine health experts say testing is one of a variety of ways to stay safe, but rapid at-home tests remain expensive and…
As the holiday season approaches during the state’s worst surge of COVID-19, Maine health experts say testing is one of a variety of ways to stay safe, but rapid at-home tests remain expensive and…
In more than 30 years, Maine has never reached its goal of recycling 50 percent of the state’s solid waste. Even figuring out how much progress it’s making — and how state agencies might help…
In more than 30 years, Maine has never reached its goal of recycling 50 percent of the state’s solid waste. Even figuring out how much progress it’s making — and how state agencies might help…
opinion: Making the grid more climate resilient will take planning grounded in science and localized power generation
In the wake of Ida, a hurricane …
opinion: Making the grid more climate resilient will take planning grounded in science and localized power generation
In the wake of Ida, a hurricane …
opinion: Lending support to climate action
opinion: Lending support to climate action
Maine is still in an outbreak, but a cool, wet spring could knock down the irritating insects.
Next summer may be just as itchy and painful as this one.
After one of Maine’s worst browntail moth seasons, there are signs already that 2022 could continue a years-long outbreak of the…
Maine is still in an outbreak, but a cool, wet spring could knock down the irritating insects.
Next summer may be just as itchy and painful as this one.
After one of Maine’s worst browntail moth seasons, there are signs already that 2022 could continue a years-long outbreak of the…
Many cite better gas mileage, hybrid and electric vehicles for the dwindling Highway Fund. The big culprit is much simpler.
Last May, the Legislature’s Taxation Committee spent hours hearing testimony on a number of bills. One of them, to increase the state’s top corporate income tax rate to 12.4 percent, drew…
Many cite better gas mileage, hybrid and electric vehicles for the dwindling Highway Fund. The big culprit is much simpler.
Last May, the Legislature’s Taxation Committee spent hours hearing testimony on a number of bills. One of them, to increase the state’s top corporate income tax rate to 12.4 percent, drew…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Monitor has a new editor and executive director: Eric Conrad, a veteran Maine journalist and communications professional.
The Maine Monitor was founded in 2009, as non-…
AUGUSTA — The Maine Monitor has a new editor and executive director: Eric Conrad, a veteran Maine journalist and communications professional.
The Maine Monitor was founded in 2009, as non-…
use of contract nurses and assistants in Maine has soared since 2017
In the years before the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the nation’s long-term care facilities and overwhelmed healthcare workers, Maine nursing homes increasingly hired nurses and nursing…
use of contract nurses and assistants in Maine has soared since 2017
In the years before the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the nation’s long-term care facilities and overwhelmed healthcare workers, Maine nursing homes increasingly hired nurses and nursing…
opinion: governments will feel pinch of increasing debt well into the future
Behind almost every government action lurks a single question: How do we pay for it?
The answer seems easy: by taxes or debt. But taxes must pay off the debt, making the real question not “…
opinion: governments will feel pinch of increasing debt well into the future
Behind almost every government action lurks a single question: How do we pay for it?
The answer seems easy: by taxes or debt. But taxes must pay off the debt, making the real question not “…
Maine’s largest electricity reseller wants to pony up a $500,000 fine. The state’s utility regulator suggested pulling the plug.
A report last year recommended revoking the license of…
Maine’s largest electricity reseller wants to pony up a $500,000 fine. The state’s utility regulator suggested pulling the plug.
A report last year recommended revoking the license of…
Waldo County official ‘frustrated’ emergency management agencies haven’t played larger role
Vaccination efforts across rural Maine to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic are going as well…
Waldo County official ‘frustrated’ emergency management agencies haven’t played larger role
Vaccination efforts across rural Maine to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic are going as well…
Shah: ‘matter of time’ before variant strain of COVID-19 is detected in Maine
More people in Maine now have been vaccinated for COVID-19 than have had the virus.
About 46,600 Mainers were vaccinated as of Friday,…
Shah: ‘matter of time’ before variant strain of COVID-19 is detected in Maine
More people in Maine now have been vaccinated for COVID-19 than have had the virus.
About 46,600 Mainers were vaccinated as of Friday,…
As COVID-19 cases continue surging in Maine and the first vaccination doses offer some hope, Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke to health…
GOP to look for ways to reassert legislative power while Democrats eye health care and climate change
Amid a pandemic and an economic downturn, lawmakers will return to Augusta in January with a list of priorities that span topics such as healthcare, climate change and the power of the executive…
GOP to look for ways to reassert legislative power while Democrats eye health care and climate change
Amid a pandemic and an economic downturn, lawmakers will return to Augusta in January with a list of priorities that span topics such as healthcare, climate change and the power of the executive…
As COVID-19 cases continue surging in Maine and the first vaccination doses offer some hope, Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke to health…
December has been a month of hope and concern, with COVID-19 vaccines deployed for the first time to hospitals across Maine but health officials warned that the state continues to battle “a surge…
December has been a month of hope and concern, with COVID-19 vaccines deployed for the first time to hospitals across Maine but health officials warned that the state continues to battle “a surge…
state must dramatically expand renewable power generation and transmission
A protracted fight over the New England Clean Energy Connect plan to wheel 1,200 megawatts of hydropower from Quebec, through Maine and on to Massachusetts has dominated the airwaves for the last…
state must dramatically expand renewable power generation and transmission
A protracted fight over the New England Clean Energy Connect plan to wheel 1,200 megawatts of hydropower from Quebec, through Maine and on to Massachusetts has dominated the airwaves for the last…
Fleeing to Maine from climate disasters
What do you do when the place you call home becomes unlivable? …
Fleeing to Maine from climate disasters
What do you do when the place you call home becomes unlivable? …
Council votes Sept. 30 on changing requirements for groundfish monitoring
After returning home for a hot meal and quick snooze following three days alone at sea, Randy Cushman wakes up at 3:30 a.m. to begin the final steps of his fish and data processing in the sleepy,…
Council votes Sept. 30 on changing requirements for groundfish monitoring
After returning home for a hot meal and quick snooze following three days alone at sea, Randy Cushman wakes up at 3:30 a.m. to begin the final steps of his fish and data processing in the sleepy,…
The preacher and the outbreak
As news broke about Calvary Baptist Church’s COVID-19 outbreak, Pastor Todd Bell shined his black shoes.
Before the Sanford reverend spoke to his church, Bell took a picture of his…
The preacher and the outbreak
As news broke about Calvary Baptist Church’s COVID-19 outbreak, Pastor Todd Bell shined his black shoes.
Before the Sanford reverend spoke to his church, Bell took a picture of his…
Maine’s financial stability depends on further federal action
A committee of Maine economic experts and industry representatives this month outlined a $1.1 billion plan to steady the state economy in July.
The plan from the …
Maine’s financial stability depends on further federal action
A committee of Maine economic experts and industry representatives this month outlined a $1.1 billion plan to steady the state economy in July.
The plan from the …
four experts weigh in on the metrics that paint the clearest picture of the pandemic
During the past five months of the coronavirus pandemic, Mainers and other Americans have been inundated with numbers. Confirmed COVID-19 cases per capita. Death rates. Test positivity rates.…
four experts weigh in on the metrics that paint the clearest picture of the pandemic
During the past five months of the coronavirus pandemic, Mainers and other Americans have been inundated with numbers. Confirmed COVID-19 cases per capita. Death rates. Test positivity rates.…
opinion: expect to see swings between soil-damaging rain events and more regular drought conditions
The words of University of Maine soil scientist Ivan Fernandez reveal a troubling truth.
“Never again will we have the climate system of the 20th century,” wrote Fernandez, co-chair of the…
opinion: expect to see swings between soil-damaging rain events and more regular drought conditions
The words of University of Maine soil scientist Ivan Fernandez reveal a troubling truth.
“Never again will we have the climate system of the 20th century,” wrote Fernandez, co-chair of the…
More than 57,000 organizations and individuals formally opposed the petition
The fate of net metering in New England — and across the United States — remains unknown, but resistance to its erasure is mounting.
More than 450 organizations, 57,000 individuals and 37…
More than 57,000 organizations and individuals formally opposed the petition
The fate of net metering in New England — and across the United States — remains unknown, but resistance to its erasure is mounting.
More than 450 organizations, 57,000 individuals and 37…
A resurgence of Victory Gardens could inspire lasting changes in food production
The home gardening boom underway is “totally unprecedented” in the eyes of Frank Wertheim, who for 33 years has helped farmers and gardeners as an educator with University of Maine Cooperative…
A resurgence of Victory Gardens could inspire lasting changes in food production
The home gardening boom underway is “totally unprecedented” in the eyes of Frank Wertheim, who for 33 years has helped farmers and gardeners as an educator with University of Maine Cooperative…
