Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust plans to replace a number of outdated river connections and restore natural river channels across newly conserved land along the Magalloway River.
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Posted inThe Rangeley Highlander
Phillips congregation buys back historic downtown church
Former members of the church transferred ownership of the shuttered church to the historical society.
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Posted inCommunity, News, Schools & Education
Spruce Mountain team to give presentation on water quality
The high school’s Maine Envirothon champions will present water-quality solutions July 8 as they prepare to represent the state at an international competition in Mississippi.
Posted inCommunity, News
Chebeague Island restoration effort improves shore for people and plovers
The Chebeague and Cumberland Land Trust is celebrating the completion of a project at Indian Point that improved human access to the beach and nesting habitat for plovers.
Posted inMaine, News, Outdoors
Piping plovers have another record-breaking nesting season in Maine
Conservationists are working to protect vulnerable chicks during the busy beach season.
Posted inCommunity, News, Outdoors
Trail access in Franklin County preserving community connections
A High Peaks Alliance op-ed says ‘kinship we feel on trails is real.’
Posted inMaine, News, Outdoors
Conservation groups near $62M goal for 78,000 acres in western Maine
The Magalloway Collaborative has raised over $49 million to permanently conserve forest and wetlands for a variety of public uses.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine company cranks out thousands of otter T-shirts after Swifties donate $2.3 million
Liberty Graphics in Midcoast Maine is tackling the biggest order in its history: 35,000 copies of a vintage 1990s T-shirt worn by Taylor Swift.
Posted inMaine, Nation / World, News
Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears
One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who now feel they have the political will to do so.
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Otisfield Energy Fair takes place Saturday
The Energy Fair takes place 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday at the Community Hall.