Climate change fuels an uphill arboreal march at Katahdin and other regional peaks, squeezing out rare alpine ecosystems.
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Posted inMaine, News
Maine’s salt marshes are at risk of disappearing, from rising sea levels and much more
A University of Maine analysis suggests a significant portion of them could be gone by the end of the century, without a lot of human intervention.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Winslow woman suffers critical burns after putting gas on brush pile
The woman, 79, was in critical condition and flown to a Portland hospital after being burned over 40% of her body, according to Winslow Deputy Fire Chief Michael Murphy, who helped to treat her.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
With Richmond’s Swan Island service down for the day, people turn to a seaplane for bay tours
A seaplane took people on tours around Merrymeeting Bay during Richmond Days.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Albion celebrates bicentennial with parade, music, games, food, historical offerings
Hundreds flocked Saturday to Albion to celebrate the town’s 200th birthday.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, News, Politics
Sen. Bernie Sanders stops in Portland to campaign for progressive politics
The Vermont independent has not endorsed Kamala Harris’ run for president but told the crowd at the State Theatre that he will do ‘anything I can’ to elect Harris.
Posted inNation & World, News
Life and death in the heat: What it feels like when Earth’s temperatures soar to record highs
On Wednesday, there were 21 heat-related deaths at a hospital in Morocco as temperatures spiked to 118.9 degrees Fahrenheit in the region of 575,000 people, most lacking air conditioning.
Posted inNation & World, News
Firefighters get some help from cooler temperatures after California’s largest wildfire explodes
The Park Fire’s intensity and dramatic spread led fire officials to make unwelcome comparisons to the Camp Fire, which burned out of control in 2018.
Posted inMaine, News, Times Record
Police arrest protesters outside Bath Iron Works ceremony
Bath police and Sagadahoc County deputies arrested 9 people outside the north gate to the shipyard Saturday morning in advance of a christening ceremony for the shipyard’s newest destroyer.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
TikTok collected U.S. users’ views on abortion, gun control and religion, Justice Department says
Government lawyers wrote in court documents that the sensitive data would up on Chinese servers accessible to ByteDance employees in China.