A 145-mile power line that would carry hydroelectricity from Canada to Massachusetts – and carve a path through the scenic gorge – signals a bleak future for multistate projects in New England.
2018
Posted inSource
In Benton and elsewhere in Maine, industrial hemp is the crop to watch
How a legal shift in the state took a farm crop from zero to 60 in two years.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
Two Maine exhibits zoom in on photography pioneers
Bowdoin is looking at how the camera influenced Winslow Homer, while the Portland Museum of Art displays the work of photo school founder Clarence H. White.
Posted inElection 2018, Local & State, News, Politics
In governor’s race full of uncertainty, only sure thing will be LePage
The Nov. 6 election will be all about him, and whether voters want someone to carry on the Republican’s legacy or blaze a new trail.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State, News
Browntail moths spread, make their presence felt in Greater Portland
The invasive pests have toxic hairs that circulate in the air and can blister the skin, and their growing reach has led places like Yarmouth to cordon off parts of town.
Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
J.P. Devine: It’s June in Waterville and time for a wedding
With the month and summer busting out all over, only a week remains to get the wedding caravan rolling, get the flowers, rent the tux and bake the cake, writes J.P Devine.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Central Maine business briefs
Kennebec Behavioral Health and Levey, Wagley, Putnam & Eccher hire new staff.
Posted inEditorials
Our View: Historic ranked-choice vote worked as promised
Only critics of the system were disappointed when the final results did not produce chaos.
Posted inOp-Eds
Greg Kesich: We don’t have to be bystanders
Whether we’re withessing a crime on the streets of Portland or official cruelty on the Mexican border, we have a choice.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Wick Johnson answers Five Questions
The Kennebec Technologies president talks about investing in employees and the value of understanding market conditions.