6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (252+ words) Participants will visit three plots in hemlock, ash, and beech tree stands, where Raite will share findings from her first year of data collection. Identification guides will be available for anyone interested in learning more about native species. "On the…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (482+ words) Maine’s Drought Task Force convened September 3 for the first time this season to discuss drought conditions across the state. Maine continues to experience widespread dry conditions, with impacts being reported across the state’s water resources, agriculture, drinking water systems and…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (202+ words) The event is part of a Finding Our Voices "Break the Silence" statewide tour, with the screening and discussion traveling to Portland, Friday, Oct. 2, at 6 p.m., to the Portland Museum of Art, and to Waterville, Saturday, Oct. 3, at 2 p.m., to the Maine…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (131+ words) Maine state moose expert Lee Kantor will lead an outdoor presentation on Maine Moose at Merryspring Nature Center on Tuesday, September 8 at 12:00 pm. Kantor will talk about the icon of the North Maine Woods – what makes moose so incredible and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (204+ words) On Tuesday, Sept. 15, at noon, Ethan Hughes, of the Possibility Alliance, will give a program on "Permaculture for the Home Garden" at the Universalist Union in Belfast, located behind the Belfast Free Library, 37 Miller Street. The talk, sponsored by the…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (258+ words) PenBay Pilot Last November, Maine voters passed a referendum to enact an Extreme Risk Protection Order law - commonly known as the Red Flag Law - by more than 60%. The harder work now begins: ensuring this new civil court process is accessible…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (821+ words) Maine’s seagrass meadows are shrinking and thinning. And this isn’t the only place where seagrass is declining. These underwater meadows off Maine’s coast are part of a global, decades-long pattern of loss believed to be driven by development and human…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1443+ words) On a sunny afternoon in early August, the hot air rippled above a sandbar in Casco Bay as a group of researchers dove into the water. Wearing wetsuits and flippers, they swam out over sand, rocks and kelp until they…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (129+ words) PenBay Pilot A talk on the ins and outs of single use plastic followed by: Make your own reusable beeswax cloth food wrap, a free workshop by ecomaine. All materials provided. LLoyd Roberts, MD, obituary (3,234) Knox County deed transfers (2,078) Open…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (239+ words) The Maine Department of Environmental Protection filed a complaint Aug. 25 in Penobscot County Superior Court against Mallinckrodt US LLC (Mallinckrodt). The complaint details the failure by Mallinckrodt to complete cleanup of the former Holtrachem site located along the Penobscot River…...