By Lori Valigra on Aug 02, 2021 05:30 pm The Maine Department of Environmental Protection on Monday rejected a claim by four lawmakers that tree-cutting in a controversial hydropower corridor under construction by a Central Maine Power Co. affiliate violated permit requirements. Read more... »
By Abigail Curtis on Aug 02, 2021 05:27 pm Maine’s child welfare system was thrust back into the spotlight this summer following the deaths of Maddox and three other children under the age of 4. Read more... »
By David Marino Jr. on Aug 02, 2021 05:06 pm Northern Light Health will require its staff members to be vaccinated against COVID-19 vaccine once the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fully approves one of the vaccines, the Brewer-based health system said Monday. Read more... »
By John Holyoke on Aug 02, 2021 05:00 pm "Although my full-time job as an outdoors writer has come to an end (for now, anyway), I’ve got plenty more adventures in me," John Holyoke writes. Read more... »
By Tribune Content Agency on Aug 02, 2021 04:45 pm A stall in treatment advances for COVID-19 has raised concern among medical experts about unvaccinated people, who still make up half the country, and their likelihood of surviving the coming wave of delta cases. Read more... »
By Judy Harrison on Aug 02, 2021 04:36 pm Ryan T. Carleton, 43, was convicted last month of killing his father's kitten on Thanksgiving Day with a frying pan and attacking an officer at the Piscataquis County Jail on Jan. 25. Read more... »
By Leela Stockley on Aug 02, 2021 04:20 pm A crash involving a motorcycle and an SUV seriously injured one person on Route 3 in Palermo on Saturday. Read more... »
By The Associated Press on Aug 02, 2021 04:14 pm U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has tested positive for the coronavirus, the first senator to disclose a breakthrough infection after being vaccinated. Read more... »
By David Marino Jr. on Aug 02, 2021 04:11 pm About 69 percent of Mainers eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine are now fully vaccinated, meaning that there are still more than 300,000 who are not vaccinated, according to Maine CDC data. Read more... »
By The Associated Press on Aug 02, 2021 03:41 pm The rain arrived in time to help counter a long drought. The city recorded a little more than 9.5 inches of rain last month. Read more... »
