Roberta Hill knows Maine lakes. As the program director for the Center for Invasive Aquatic Plants, headquartered in Auburn, she also knows what can kill a lake — Eurasian milfoil, for instance — and what can save it — lake monitoring volunteers. The center is part of the Maine Lake Monitoring Program, the longest-standing citizen […]
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The next broadband questions
As the old saying goes, a little knowledge can be dangerous. With new, vigorous federal incentives available for expanding broadband Internet access, the state’s ConnectME authority is beginning a precise study of where in Maine broadband is, and is not, accessible. Since its inception in 2006, the ConnectME authority has been tasked with promoting expansion […]
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State museum offering Nature Discovery Day
AUGUSTA — The Maine State Museum’s Nature Discovery Day Saturday, April 25, will feature natural history educator Tony Sohns (“The Bug Man”) and museum curators David and Paula Work. Admission to the museum will be free all day. A popular exhibitor at the museum’s annual Bug Maineia, Sohns will return with two fun and engaging […]
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Black bear shot and killed in Portland
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A black bear has been shot and killed in Maine’s largest city after being spotted in a tree in a residential neighborhood. Maine wardens shot and killed the bear at about 7 a.m. Friday in the woods off Veranda Street in Portland. Portland police Lt. Jim Sweatt told the Portland Press […]
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Maine, N.H. receive nearly $1.5M in youth grants
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Programs in New Hampshire and Maine are receiving nearly a total of nearly $1.5 million in grants to help out-of-school youth earn a high school diploma while learning skills in construction, health care, information technology and other fields. Southern New Hampshire Services Inc., in Manchester is receiving over $768,000 in YouthBuild […]
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Woman pulls special needs child from stream
MOUNT VERNON — A child with special needs is safe after a woman pulled the boy from a stream in Mount Vernon after he had wandered away from home.Police said 57-year-old Patricia Stanton found the boy at about 6 a.m. on Monday morning. Stanton is the dean of students at Maranacook Community School in Readfield […]
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State grants nearly 1,200 waivers to two-year methadone cap
AUGUSTA — A law that took effect Jan. 1, designed to save the state money by cutting MaineCare patients’ methadone treatments after two years, has so far resulted in 20 people losing coverage, according to early figures from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. So far, another 1,197 have received waivers to stay […]
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Bigelow Preserve manager says he resigned over pressure to cut timber
A group that rallied Mainers to protect one of the state’s most majestic mountain ranges with a 1976 statewide ballot question says government officials are ignoring the law that protects the Bigelow Preserve. Friends of Bigelow, the group that formed to protect the range from development and the over-harvesting of timber, said state forestry officials […]
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Statewide program offers free money management classes in April
New Ventures Maine — a statewide program of the University of Maine at Augusta, University of Maine System — has free classes scheduled for April, Financial Literacy Month, that focus on managing money. Matched Savings Information Session: Monday, April 3, 4-5 p.m. Online. Learn about matched savings programs such as the Rainy Day Savings and […]