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Is a coastal road in Acadia that keeps washing out worth saving?

by Jacqueline Weaver Maine Monitor April 14, 2024August 8, 2024

State and federal agencies are debating how to fix a stretch of Seawall Road – or whether to abandon it altogether.

Bucksport officials continue to urge closing of defunct landfill

by Emmett Gartner Maine Monitor April 14, 2024August 8, 2024

Town leaders are asking the state to push the company that owns the facility to file a plan to close it after a proposed sale apparently falls through.

Kennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime, News

Investigators probe fires at 2 unoccupied buildings in Dresden

by Keith Edwards April 14, 2024April 15, 2024

One fire was reported at 1 a.m. Sunday and the other at about 8 a.m., with firefighters from Dresden and several other communities responding to the calls.

Business, Kennebec Journal, Maine, News

Thai dining comes to Richmond at Sumrub Thai Cookery

by Emily Duggan April 14, 2024April 15, 2024

Chonlathis Songprasert and Pavinee Ruangron, who own Ruby Thailand Cuisine in South Portland, opened Sumrub Thai Cookery earlier this month at 164 Main St.

Business, Maine, News

Maine researchers, students are sorting through muck and slugs to study baby scallops

by Kay Neufeld April 14, 2024April 14, 2024

The Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries hopes the work will strengthen what could become a complicated relationship between fishermen and farmers who depend on the same juvenile scallops to do their work.

Maine, Maine Crime, Politics

Sagadahoc sheriff candidates don’t want Lewiston mass shooting to define them

by John Terhune April 14, 2024April 14, 2024

Amid biting criticism for the department’s failings before the tragedy on Oct. 25, incumbent Sheriff Joel Merry and Sgt. Aaron Skolfield forge ahead.

Maine, News

A lightly traveled border outpost in western Maine is getting a $95 million upgrade

by Eric Russell April 14, 2024April 14, 2024

Built in 1932, the station at Coburn Gore is 1 of 5 in Maine in line for overhauls with federal infrastructure funds. But the reasons for this crossing’s outsized expense aren’t entirely clear.