Environmental and health advocates say the incident highlights the need for more testing and regulation of PFAS in the waste stream and in consumer products.
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Navy seeks 10-year permit to dredge portions of the Kennebec River
Sediment removal is needed for the safe passage of Bath-built ships.
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On 20-year anniversary of Edwards Dam removal, Kennebec River brimming with life
The removal of 162-year-old Augusta dam restored ecology and propelled a national movement, freeing 1,199 U.S. rivers to date.
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Threat of Kennebec River flooding lessened as storm moves west
While the National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for central Maine, the heaviest rain will miss the state as the storm tracks more west than earlier forecasts indicated.
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Coast Guard breaks ice on Kennebec River
The ice-breaking operation was moved up by about four days because of an early spring storm that was expected to move through the region by Friday morning.
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Predicting Mother Nature nearly impossible, but central Maine forecast not calling for dramatic melting, flooding
The late-week weather looks good for a slow thaw.
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Search underway for missing Richmond boater on Kennebec River
RICHMOND — Authorities were searching the Kennebec River Friday morning for a Richmond man who was reported missing Thursday night and whose boat was found, running and unoccupied, aground on Swan Island. Mark Johnston, 64, was reported overdue at 9:20 p.m. Thursday after he had gone out onto the river with plans to take his […]
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Art project aims to illuminate Kennebec River with fire
SKOWHEGAN — Selectmen got a first look Tuesday night at “Kennebec on Fire,” a collaborative public art project proposed by the Wesserunsett Arts Council and Main Street Skowhegan. That’s fire on the Kennebec River — an idea that was inspired by the Maine Arts Commission and by the long-running WaterFire project in Providence, Rhode Island, […]
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Flood warning re-issued for Kennebec as river continues to rise
The National Weather Service in Gray issued a flood warning through Friday afternoon for part of Augusta and Hallowell, Gardiner and Richmond because of the rising Kennebec River, while U.S. Coast Guard boats continue to push upriver in an unprecedented attempt at breaking up midwinter ice to ward against flooding. By Thursday evening, the river’s […]
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U.S. Coast Guard ice breakers impose their will on Kennebec River
ABOARD THE USCGC TACKLE — Two U.S. Coast Guard cutters took turns for nearly two hours Wednesday barreling full speed toward the only thing between them and the open water of the Kennebec River: thick sheets of ice. Several times throughout the journey, as one of the vessels, the USCGC Tackle, reared up and approached […]