Maine joins multi-state lawsuit to restore Solar for All funding

Maine has joined more than 20 states in a lawsuit against the Trump administration for terminating a $7 billion Solar for All program. The states allege the government illegally used its signature “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” to claw back funding....

Maine Sen. Candidate Graham Platner Has a Lot of Explaining to Do (Update: A Resignation)

Yesterday we learned from a story published by CNN's Andrew Kaczynski that Maine's progressive Senate candidate Graham Platner had identified himself as a communist in Reddit messages under his handle P-Hustle. In addition, Platner also said that...

Classic Chronicle - Peter Mehegan's close encounter with a bull moose in Maine’s wild woods

Classic Chronicle - Peter Mehegan's close encounter with a bull moose in Maine’s wild woods A rainy Maine morning turns into a heart-pounding wildlife encounter as Peter Mehegan and guide Dan Legere calls in not one, but two bull moose during peak...

The New York Times’ Recent ‘Abortion Pollution’ Story Serves the Antiabortion Agenda

A small group of antiabortion advocates from Students for Life of America in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston on June 25, 2022. (Craig F. Walker / The Boston Globe via Getty Images) For the last three years, Students for Life of...

Maine ski resorts plan for normal snowmaking schedule despite drought

SUGARLOAF (WGME) -- It won't be long before ski areas start to make snow for the upcoming ski season in Maine, but our ongoing drought may put a damper on those plans. October is normally our wettest month of the year, but so far, it's been bone...

Reward offered after protected Canada lynx killed in Maine

Authorities in Maine are looking to arrest whoever shot and killed a Canada lynx in the northern part of the state this week. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife said it received a report of a dead lynx along Mouse Island Road in...

Maine police look for 2 people pocketing thousands that fell off car's roof

Police in Kennebunk, Maine are looking for two people seen picking up money from the street after a man drove off with thousands of dollars in cash on the roof of his car. On Wednesday evening, police said the man had just sold a car and got...

Someone illegally killed a lynx in the Maine woods

Game wardens are looking for whoever killed a Canada lynx in Aroostook County. The lynx was shot to death sometime within 24 hours of its discovery along Mouse Island Road in Perham on Wednesday, according to Emily MacCabe, a spokesperson for the...

5 candidates to watch on energy and the environment

As the 2026 campaign continues to heat up, a host of new candidates are highlighting their energy and environment bona fides. They come from diverse backgrounds. One hopeful works in the solar industry and is touting a bipartisan permitting...

Maine Game Wardens Find Missing 91-Year-Old Edgecomb Man

Assisted by K-9 Storm, Maine Game Wardens Chad Robertson (left) and Cody York help a 91-year-old Edgecomb man return home safely after he became disorientated in the woods near his residence on Thursday, Oct. 9. (Photo courtesy Maine Department of...

Environmental Developments to Watch in New England

[co-author: Sarah Simon, 2025 Summer Associate] With an office in Boston, Beveridge & Diamond (B&D) closely tracks developments, upcoming deadlines, and business implications for companies with operations in Massachusetts and the greater New...

Maine Senate Primary Tests Whether Democrats Will Keep Deferring to Their Leaders By J. Miles Coleman and Kyle Kondik

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — Gov. Janet Mills’s (D-ME) Senate run sets up an intriguing primary that will test Democratic voters’ willingness to go along with the preferences of party leaders. — Mills’s most prominent rival, oyster farmer Graham...

What you need to know to hunt in the North Maine Woods

This story was originally published in September 2022. With Maine’s moose hunting season underway, hunters are descending on the North Maine Woods, a tract of 3.5 million acres of privately owned commercial forest land. That’s because four of the...

Central Maine family trades 200-acre farm for Aroostook convenience store

When they came to Aroostook County to look at farms for sale about five years ago, Sarah Leavitt and Bill Witham had a plan. The owners of Freedom Farm in the central Maine town of Athens, a goat dairy farm that also raised poultry and pigs, were...

Why backcountry moose hunting in Maine beats road hunts every time

Years ago, I worked at a moose check station with biologist Lee Kantar out of Kokadjo. Many hunters passed by, but one vehicle still stands out. It had a platform built in the bed of the truck and four camp chairs bolted down — two in front, two...

Maine Senate Primary Tests Whether Democrats Will Keep Deferring to Their Leaders

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — Gov. Janet Mills’s (D-ME) Senate run sets up an intriguing primary that will test Democratic voters’ willingness to go along with the preferences of party leaders. — Mills’s most prominent rival, oyster farmer Graham...

Bangor students help beautify Maine Audubon Mural site

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - More than 100 fifth graders from Fairmount School in Bangor took a classroom break to give back to the community. At the Maine Audubon Mural site off Broadway, students planted native plants and shrubs along a retaining wall...

Improving coastal ocean acidification monitoring in Maine

Improving coastal ocean acidification monitoring in Maine Published 16 October 2025 Web sites and blogs Leave a Comment Tags: North Atlantic Maine Ocean Climate Collaborative’s “Sensor Squad” has issued a two-part report on monitoring...

A collaborative assessment of coastal ocean acidification monitoring in Maine & standard operating procedures and best practices for the collection of continuous pH data in coastal marine environments

A collaborative assessment of coastal ocean acidification monitoring in Maine & standard operating procedures and best practices for the collection of continuous pH data in coastal marine environments Published 16 October 2025 Newsletters and...

Welcome to Derry: On set of the It prequel tracing the origins of Pennywise and the cursed Maine town (exclusive)  By Nick Romano

On HBO’s It prequel series, hell isn’t fire and brimstone. It’s ice. Encircled by sprawling floor-to-ceiling blackout curtains inside Ontario’s Cinespace Studios is a manufactured frozen lake. Large fans pump fake (potato-based) snowflakes and...