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Crime in Maine drops for the seventh straight year

The total number of crimes reported in Maine dropped for the seventh straight year in 2018, according to data from the Maine Department of Public Safety released Wednesday, but there were more assaults and homicides than there were in 2017.

$100 checks headed for more than 300,000 Maine households

More than 300,000 Maine homeowners can expect a $100 check early next year under a new state law.

Democratic senators plan town hall series

A group of Democratic leaders in the Maine Senate will host a series of town hall meetings around the state, including one in Aroostook County.

Maine reports 4 new cases of vaping-related lung illness

Maine reported four new cases of a severe lung illness connected to vaping on Thursday, bringing the total number of documented cases in the Pine Tree State to five. The first was reported two weeks ago.

October has just arrived, but Maine already has snow in the forecast

Fall has only just arrived, but Friday morning will for some Mainers bring the first snow of the season.

Jessica Meir conducting experiments on space station that could aide cancer treatment

Maine astronaut Jessica Meir has been aboard the International Space Station only a few days, but she is already at work on experiments that could prove key to cancer patients down here on Earth.

Biologist expects solid grouse numbers to highlight bird hunting season that begins Saturday

Over three decades helping manage the state’s bird populations, biologist Brad Allen has learned a lot about the game birds — like ruffed grouse — that Mainers like to hunt.

Northern Maine residents weigh in on proposed ban on aerial herbicide spraying

More than 40 residents of Aroostook County turned out for a legislative forum Tuesday night in Fort Kent to weigh in on the use of aerial herbicides by the forest products industry.

Study to examine debated practice of aerial herbicide spraying of forests

Late summer is the time of year when young spruce and fir tree plantations are treated with herbicides sprayed from helicopters to control competing growth of other trees and shrubs.

County schools go green and focus on recycling and composting

Each morning, Janice Logan prepares three aluminum water bottles for her children and fills them with ice water from her refrigerator.

Conservancy offers to take title, control of Forest City dam

Chiputneticook Lakes International Conservancy wants to take ownership and control of Forest City dam on East Grand Lake from Woodland Pulp.

State plans collection of unusable pesticides

This October, Mainers can dispose of unusable and waste pesticides thanks to a project sponsored by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's Board of Pesticides Control and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.

How Maine tribes are adapting as climate change threatens their cultural traditions

In northern Maine, the Aroostook Band of Micmacs has for decades been trying to protect important tribal cultural resources, including traditional foods, from pollution. And warming temperatures are expected to further that threat. But the Micmacs and other Maine tribes are taking steps to adapt.

Irving says zoning change will not affect leaseholders negatively

One week after the Land Use Planning Commission approved J.D. Irving’s plan to rezone a portion of 51,000 acres from general management to residential and commercial, Irving says leaseholders do not have to worry about their land being sold out from under them.

Mills orders flags lowered following Farmington explosion

Governor Janet Mills directed that the United States and State of Maine flags be flown at half-staff statewide immediately through sunset Wednesday, September 18, 2019, in honor of the Farmington firefighter who lost his life and those who were injured following the explosion at the Life Enrichment Advancing People or “LEAP” facility in Farmington, Maine.

New cellular phone law goes into effect Sept. 19

The urge to pick up one’s phone while driving could come now with a hefty fine.

Commission approves J.D. Irving’s plan for rezoning 51,000 acres in Aroostook County

With little discussion and no debate, the Land Use Planning Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to approve Canada-based J.D. Irving’s plan to rezone 51,000 acres in northern Aroostook County for commercial and residential development as well as conservation.

Once filled with debris, Maine’s forests are getting clean thanks to outdoor enthusiasts

A few short years ago, when Maine’s game wardens and forest rangers began teaming up to fight the ugly problem of woodland dumping, the state’s forest was filled with places where people had decided to discard their unwanted tires, appliances and other debris.

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