Mainers should be proud of their leadership in river restoration. Still, there’s a lot more work to do.
2020
Posted inMaine, News, Outdoors
‘Unprecedented’ boat traffic off Maine’s coast creates COVID-19 challenge
Reports of large gatherings on islands or ‘raft-ups’ may violate COVID-19 safety regulations, but enforcement isn’t easy.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Sen. Libby: Maine stands up to drug companies looking to profit off a crisis
Legislators have passed bills aimed at medication cost control and billing transparency – now we must focus on reining in the price of treating COVID.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining
The Wrap: Two new restaurants, and a longtime employee leaves Fore Street
Paella Seafood has opened in Portland, and Kuno is scheduled to come in the fall.
Posted inBicentennial, Maine, News
On this date in Maine history: Aug. 12
Aug. 12, 1873: President Ulysses S. Grant arrives in Augusta for a multi-day visit at U.S. House Speaker James G. Blaine’s Augusta residence, the future Maine governors’ mansion. It is Grant’s third trip to Augusta. The first occurred in August 1865, four months after the conclusion of the Civil War, in which Grant was the […]
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
Help needed to check trees for invasive species
During August, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and the United States Department of Agriculture are asking the public to take a couple of minutes to check trees in their communities and forests for invasive insects. August is the peak time of year to see adult wood-boring insects, and the activity of other […]
Posted inOn Music Lucky Clark, Things to Do
Lucky Clark On Music: Neill Byrnes
Acclaimed Aerosmith Tribute Band Draw The Line to return to Somerset Abbey in Madison on Aug. 21.