Maranacook Community Middle School’s Green Team is keeping recycling going after the school made cuts.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Second Maine lobstering group rejects state’s plan for protecting whales
The state’s biggest lobster trade group says the concessions sought by the state are out of proportion with the risk the industry poses to endangered right whales.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Imagine a day without water, and how we can prevent that
Most of us want Congress to invest in water infrastructure before our systems fail. Let’s make sure lawmakers know it.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Moosehead developers yield to market forces
Ten years after Plum Creek Timber won an expensive rezoning battle, the real estate market had the final word.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Gulf of Maine Research Institute launches virtual climate center
It will identify solutions to rising sea temperatures in a part of the ocean warming faster than almost any other.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Gardiner contamination removal ending soon
The Department of Environmental Protection has been overseeing the removal of contaminated material for about six weeks, but the project will wrap soon so that the bridge replacement project won’t be delayed.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Remediation work continues at site of Gardiner bridge project
The Department of Environmental Protection plans to deploy a geoprobe next week to try to locate the source of petroleum products in the soil next to Cobbosseecontee Stream.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Politics
Mills comes out against ‘foolish’ federal regulations to protect right whales
The governor is directing the Department of Marine Resources to come up with an alternative to a federal plan to reduce the Maine lobster industry’s impact on endangered right whales.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Edwards Dam removal signaled new era for rivers
Once considered only for their industrial uses, rivers are now seen as community assets for other reasons.
Posted inLocal & State
Even plastic-bag-toting shoppers favor ban
Different customers are approaching the upcoming single-use bag ban differently.