A cold, snowy start to the week gives way to a big warm up and a lot of rain. Quite the way to end April and start May.
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Bill Nemitz: A letter, from the heart, to Maine’s summer visitors
Come when you can, spend what you have left, and don’t even think about touching one of us.
New Maine Farm Emergency Grants available
Maine Farmland Trust and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association have introduced new Maine Farm Emergency Grants to assist farmers impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. A recent survey conducted by the Beginning Farmer Resource Network of Maine indicates farmers and food producers are experiencing significant market disruption. This collaborative effort will provide support to […]
Maine youth to hold virtual Senate Candidate Forum
The environment and the climate crisis will be the topic of the April 24 event.
Bill Nemitz: The joy of breaking ground, with a Maine-grown earworm in my head
David Mallett’s ‘The Garden Song’ has inspired green thumbs for decades, but never so much as in the spring of 2020.
Bill Nemitz: Careening down the road of unintended consquences
State and local officials, as they grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, should keep one finger on the ‘pause’ button.
Coronavirus begins to hit Maine workers compensation system
Insurers are starting to see claims for workplace exposure, and safety experts anticipate claims from people injured at makeshift workstations at home.
Chief justice to step down from state’s high court to lead UMaine law school
Leigh Saufley, the first woman to serve as chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, will leave after 19 years on the job to become dean of the University of Maine School of Law in Portland.
Bill Nemitz: ‘Crossing the bridge’ from a Maine nursing school to a world in crisis
St. Joseph’s College of Maine’s nursing Class of 2020, deprived of a real graduation, prepares to take on a pandemic.
Two state departments share outdoor safety tips
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Department and Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry know that during these stressful times, everyone wants to get outside and recharge. One challenge we all face right now is how to enjoy the outdoors responsibly during this civil state of emergency, according to a news release from […]