The fishery hit historic highs in 2021 and 2024, but the numbers aren’t as rosy as they seem.
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Go see the alewives as they migrate up Maine rivers — and hurry | Column
The sea-run fish are still making their way to the lakes and ponds where they spawn.
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Posted inMaine, Politics
Maine may pull out of compact to choose presidents based on national popular vote
The House voted to withdraw from a multistate compact to eventually award Electoral College votes to winners of the presidential popular vote, and the Senate tabled the bill Wednesday.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Woman dies when car crashes into Lewiston home
The driver in the fatal crash on Old Lisbon Road also hit a building in Auburn in 2017, according to newspaper and police records.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Wells halts ICE partnership after pushback from legislators, residents
The police chief of the York County town said the department is taking a ‘wait-and-see approach’ after state lawmakers introduced bills to bar police from carrying out federal immigration policy.
Posted inMaine, News
Press Herald, Report for America announce hire of journalist to cover Indigenous communities
Reuben M. Schafir, a Bowdoin College graduate and former Press Herald intern, will be returning to the newsroom in July to cover the Wabanaki Nations.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
A new era for Maine’s iconic red snapper hot dogs
Even as W.A. Bean & Sons tweaks its recipe to comply with a federal ban on artificial dyes, fans love the bright red dogs just the same.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Lewiston eyes removing all meters as part of downtown parking overhaul
A proposal developed with business owners would remove all 215 coin-operated parking meters in the city and make municipal garages free for the first two hours.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Lawmakers deadlock on bills prohibiting transgender athletes in girls sports
The Judiciary Committee votes 6-6 on 2 bills that would cut state funding to schools that allow transgender athletes to participate in girls sports, and narrowly rejects a third bill.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Vigil held for 4-year-old who died of a gunshot wound Saturday
At the corner of Pierce and Walnut streets, dozens stood with candles in hand to pay respect to Jasper Kyle Smith, who died inside his home early Saturday.