A compromise proposal for funding a MaineCare shortfall failed to get the two-thirds support needed to pass it as emergency legislation Tuesday night in the Senate, sending lawmakers back to the drawing board.
Brunswick
Posted inCommunity
Registration opens for Paddle for Pine Tree Camp
Both paddles are family-friendly and geared for all ages, skill levels and abilities.
advertisement
Posted inCommunity
Bath-based estuary land trust to hold Zoom talk March 20
Learn how local tidal marshes help people, the stories they tell of the past, and what can be done to help them grow, adapt and flourish in the future.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Bowdoin women’s basketball reaches Sweet 16
Maria Belardi scores all 10 of her points in fourth quarter to lead Polar Bears past SUNY Cortland.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, Times Record Sports
Bowdoin women’s basketball beats Brooklyn in NCAA first round
The unbeaten Polar Bears push early struggles to the side and maintain a 20-point lead for the majority of the game.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Boys Hockey, Girls Basketball, Girls Hockey, Sports, Varsity Maine
Varsity Maine basketball, hockey polls – March 6
The top 10 boys and girls basketball teams and top five boys and girls hockey teams in Maine, through games of March 5.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn rail line to Portland should be a trail, lawmakers told
Opponents of the proposal to create a 26-mile bicycle and pedestrian trail along the route say the tracks should stay in place in case passenger rail service returns.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Bills to find and destroy Maine’s toxic firefighting foam win over legislative committee
The Environment and Natural Resources Committee unanimously endorsed bills to catalog, collect and dispose of Maine’s stockpike of toxic firefighting foam.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine makes first purchase of farm contaminated by forever chemicals
The state tapped its PFAS relief fund to spend $333,000 to buy a Palermo hay field where sewage sludge was once spread as fertilizer that tested 3 times above the state’s recommended level for safe dairy forage.
Posted inNews, Politics
Who are Maine’s lawmakers taking to Trump’s address to Congress?
Every member of Congress can bring one guest to the presidential address, and they often use the privilege to honor a local hero or send a political message.