They want Mainers to have more time to sue when PFAS contamination is found on their property.
Kevin Miller
Kevin Miller joined the staff of the Portland Press Herald in 2012 and has worked as a journalist in Maine since 2005. He currently covers state politics, the Maine Legislature and environmental/natural resources issues. A policy wonk, Kevin previously wrote about Congress and federal issues as the Press Herald’s Washington, DC correspondent. Before settling in Maine, he covered state government, higher education and environmental issues for newspapers in Virginia and Maryland. In his spare time, Kevin enjoys hiking, camping, fishing, kayaking, cross-country skiing or doing pretty much anything else outdoors. He lives in Newcastle with his wife, Carissa, and their dog.
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Mainers take to the ice at Thompson’s Point in Portland
A day before Sunday’s rainy weather, adults and children enjoyed some pre-winter ice skating at The Rink.
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Medical examiner amends autopsy report after family pushes back
The family of Jeffrey Aylward, who died last summer while hiking the Appalachian Trail in Maine, has been contesting the autopsy report because they say the 63-year-old diabetic didn’t touch alcohol.
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Sustenance fishing rules proposed for Maine waters draw mixed response
The Mills administration negotiated an agreement with tribal leaders this year that proposes tightening water quality standards to better protect the health of people who rely on fishing for sustenance.
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Dutch company chooses Down East town as home for its multimillion-dollar fish farm
Kingfish Zeeland proposes raising yellowtail in Jonesport, a project that would further Maine’s surge in land-based seafood ‘farming.’
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Mills administration names new head of Land Use Planning Commission
The commission acts as the permitting and regulatory agency for roughly half of Maine’s total acreage.
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Portland councilors to consider student-led ‘climate emergency’ resolution
The resolution would commit the city to pursue ambitious goals on addressing climate change.
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Friends of Casco Bay will add data stations to get a clearer picture of quickly changing waters
Researchers for the nonprofit will deploy two continuous water-quality monitoring units – in Portland Harbor and in the New Meadows area near Harpswell – to get a more holistic view of conditions in the bay.
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Ann Peoples, a longtime lawmaker and Westbrook public servant, dies at 72
Peoples was serving her fifth term in the Maine House of Representatives and had served with a host of Westbrook-area city councils, boards and civic groups over the years.
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If you’re a Maine woman who served, this retired Navy officer wants you
Joy Asuncion of Belfast has made it her ‘passion’ to make Maine the first state to register every one of its female veterans.