A statewide effort to ban all flavored tobacco products across Maine stalled in the Legislature last year.
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Lewiston neighborhoods told to pour water in floor drains to avoid sewer smoke
The city is using smoke to test for leaks in its sewer system the next two days.
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Pittsfield man charged with animal cruelty
Christopher Colson Jr. is alleged to have sexually assaulted a dog, leading to its paralysis and eventual euthanization.
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Trump administration pulls climate change signs from Acadia National Park
The signs, installed in 2023 atop Cadillac Mountain and at the Great Meadow wetland, detailed steps being taken to combat rising temperatures and extreme weather.
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Across the country, older men are dying at higher rates of gun suicide. Here’s what that looks like in Maine.
More older Mainers died by gun suicide than they did in car crashes over a 15-year period. The numbers represent a troubling trend playing out in rural communities across the country.
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Maine’s food pantries stare down volunteer shortage while anticipating cuts
At Neighbor’s Cupboard in Winterport, funding cuts aren’t the biggest challenge. It’s keeping volunteers, especially as they get older.
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In Sipayik, the Passamaquoddy are finding resilience in a half-acre of clams
With one of the largest soft-shell clam gardens in the world, the tribe is confronting invasive crabs and human-caused ecological damage.
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How Maine’s environment is being reshaped by longer, hotter summers
The Portland Press Herald spoke to two dozen experts this summer about the ways increasing heat is affecting Maine’s natural world.
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More older Mainers are falling and dying. Here’s what you need to know
Experts are not sure what’s behind the sharp rise, but they offer ways older people can reduce their risks for a fall.
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Even Maine’s second-smallest county needs more housing
Officials in Franklin County have embraced the need to build 1,000 more housing units by 2030, mostly for low- and middle-income workers.