The Natural Resources Council of Maine has criticized the plan, however, saying there aren’t enough protections for wildlife.
Joe Lawlor
Staff Writer
Joe Lawlor writes about health and human services for the Press Herald. A 24-year newspaper veteran, Lawlor has worked in Ohio, Michigan and Virginia before relocating to Maine in 2013 to join the Press Herald. He is still considered “from away” but since then, he has learned what a “dooryard” is, eaten “whoopie pies” drank Moxie and boiled some “lobstahs.” The stories he enjoys most are when he learns something and meeting inspiring people.
He lives in South Portland - aka “SoPo” - with his wife, Melanie, and two school-age children.
Posted inMaine, News
Navy vessel sunk off Maine coast during World War II to be remembered at ceremony
The ceremony will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, 79 years to the day since the USS Eagle 56 was sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Cape Elizabeth.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Maine lawmakers approve slimmed-down version of hospital facility fee bill
The measure now goes to Gov. Janet Mills, who has not yet taken a position on the bill.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Advocates for ban on flavored tobacco decry lack of vote in Maine House
The legislation died Thursday, and proponents would have to introduce a new version next legislative session.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine Legislature preserves expansion of Medicare Savings Programs
Lawmakers rejected an effort by the Mills administration to scale back the expansion, preserving benefits for an estimated 45,000 newly eligible low-income Mainers.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News
Maine delegation joins call to require brain screenings for military in wake of Lewiston mass shooting
The U.S. Army reservist who killed 18 people in Lewiston in October had been exposed to ‘thousands of low-level blasts’ during years of grenade training, and the damage has been linked to mental health and behavioral changes he exhibited before the shooting.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Doctor’s federal lawsuit says Maine Med violated Americans with Disabilities Act
The suit says the hospital failed to make an accommodation to allow Dr. Joseph Rappold to continue working in an administrative role after Parkinson’s disease prevented him from surgical duties.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
UMaine team prepares to document total eclipse from the moon’s point of view
A video feed from a balloon drifting 90,000 feet above Maine will show the shadow pass over Earth as if seeing the eclipse from the vantage point of the moon.
Posted inMaine
Nor’easter slams Maine, causing 350,000 outages at the storm’s peak
CMP and Versant expect restoration efforts to stretch into next week in the areas hardest hit by the heavy snow and high wind.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Health care advocates seek $3.4 million in Maine state funding for reproductive health
The funding, if approved, would not pay for abortions but would cover other reproductive and primary care at 61 health centers across the state.