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Maine Sets Records for Atlantic Herring and Salmon Runs in the Penobscot River
Maine's rivers are the only ones left in the US where Atlantic salmon can return to spawn, and the most productive of these rivers...
In Frigid Maine So Many Heat Pumps Were Sold the State Passed its Clean-Energy Target Two Years Early
Governor Janet Mills announced that Maine has, two years ahead of time, surpassed its goal of installing 100,000 new heat pumps by 2025, a...
103-year-old Mainer ‘Lobster Lady’ Celebrates Birthday Marking Her 95th Lobster Season
Virginia Oliver has already renewed her lobster fishing license for the 2023 season. Unlike other lobstermen however, for this Mainer it's an almost century-long...
NASA is Offering $25,000 for Pieces of a Meteorite that Just Fell in Maine
Just before noon on April 8th, a fireball streaked across the sunlit sky and burned up near Calais, Maine.
The rare event triggered a flurry...
Audubon Society Enjoys Huge “Tern-Around” in the Puffin and Tern Populations of Maine
50 years worth of conserving the tern and puffin populations in Maine has created a stable colony of thousands of breeding birds.
Located on Petit...
Kefir the Maine Coon Cat is So Big People Mistake Him For a Dog
Meet "the world's biggest cat," a kitty so large people think it's a dog—and he's still growing.
The oversized puss belongs to Yulia Minina, who...
Birdwatchers Flock to See Rare 8-ft Raptor After Huge Russian Eagle Takes Detour into Maine
The Steller's sea eagle. It’s ripped, royal, and rare. To see the world's heaviest eagle, with its eight-foot wingspan, an American would normally have...
Maine is First U.S. State to Ban PFAS “Forever Chemicals” in All Products—and Huge Companies Are Getting On Board
With retailers and restaurants recently uniting to purge their inventory of dangerous "forever chemicals," consumers can feel a bit better about supporting some of...
Maine Becomes First US State to Make Corporations Pay for Recycling if They Don’t Use Sustainable Packaging
By putting the recycling costs on the producer rather than the consumer, Maine becomes the first U.S. state to hold companies responsible for the...
Artwork Painted By Picasso Discovered in a Closet in Maine After a Half Century
While it sounds like the height of absurdity to say, one could never imagine how often it happens that paintings by art's great masters...
Native American Tribe in Maine Gets Back Sacred Island Taken 160 Years Ago
The Passamaquoddy Tribe reacquired 140 acres of their ancestral territory, thanks to help from The Nature Conservancy which granted them funds to purchase Pine...
Family Farm in Maine Couldn’t Make it After Restaurants Close – Until the Neighbors Showed Up
In 1996, organic farmers Ralph and Lisa Turner launched Laughing Stock Farm on one-fifth of an acre in Freeport, Maine. With trial and error...
Sister Cities in Maine And Tuskegee, Alabama, Heal the Racial Divide Between Their White And Black Towns
Two American towns, one White and one Black, became sister cities in 2017, and continue to celebrate the racial healing, new friendships, and growing...
Bee Populations Are Increasing in Many States–With Maine Seeing 70% Rise in 2 Years
It's not often you hear good news about the health and prosperity of bee colonies in the United States or globally for that matter,...
Class Ring Lost in Maine 47 Years Ago is Found in Finland and Returned to Widow Who Missed It
It has been almost five decades since Debra McKenna lost the class ring that had belonged to her now-deceased husband Shawn.
¿Quieres Pagar Tus Deudas Estudiantiles? Si te Mudas a Maine, el Estado Pagará Parte de la Deuda.
A loa graduados que tengan dificultad de pagar sus deudas estudiantiles se les ha dado una opción muy pintoresca para aliviar la carga del...
Want to Pay Off Your Student Loans? If You Move to Maine, the State Will Pay Part of Them for You
As a means of drawing in more young minds to their workforce, the state of Maine is offering to pay off student loan debt for struggling grads.
Florida Panther Populations Increase Sharply Since Days When 20 Remained
The endangered Florida panther is improving its chances of survival every day—with a little help from their government friends.
The estimated number of endangered Florida panthers...
A 3,000-Mile Bike Path Will Soon Stretch From Florida To Maine
What may be the longest bike path in the world is in the works — stretching the entire length of the Eastern United States...
Wife of Maine’s Governor Takes Waitress Job
Maine’s first lady waited on tables for several weeks before people realized who she was.
Ann LePage kept a low profile, taking on double shifts...