Best Read Maine Headlines
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#1 Maine Grappling With Requests of Companies to Give Up Ownership of Dams
Aug 8 2024 // State environmental officials in Maine on July 30 denied petitions from corporate owners of three Bucksport-area dams to forfeit ownership. It was the second time within a week that the state Department of Environmental...
#2 Maine Schools Face Unique Challenges in Ridding Water of ‘Forever Chemicals’
Jul 29 2024 // Days before winter break ended in December 2022, Bill Hansen was relieved to learn that Jordan-Small Middle School in Raymond had no traces of ‘forever chemicals’ in tests of the school’s water...
#3 Maine Has No Medical Cannabis Testing Requirement. Health Advocates Urge Change.
Jul 10 2024 // Keri-Jon Wilson started as a hobbyist, making medical marijuana edibles on a small scale for patients suffering from chronic pain and cancer. But in 2015 she expanded her business, Portland-based Pot + Pan Manufacturing,...
#4 Maine High Court Invalidates Law Erasing Time Limit on Child Sex Abuse Claims
Jan 29 2025 // In a 5-2 opinion, the Maine Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a 2021 state law that eliminated the statute of limitations for claims of sexual abuse of minors. The ruling is a victory for the Roman Catholic...
#5 Maine Town’s Plan to Remove Two Dams Includes Marina Insurance Measure
Jan 16 2025 // The Yarmouth town council voted unanimously this month to remove two town-owned dams on the Royal River and consider fish passage improvements at a stretch of rapids in between them, a historic vote more than two decades...
#6 Report Claims ‘Utter Chaos’ Including Drunk Deputies During Search for Maine Gunman
May 27 2024 // The search for the gunman behind last October’s mass shooting in Maine was marked by “utter chaos,” including one group of deputies who had been drinking nearly crashing their armored vehicle and others...
#7 Prompted by Mass Shooting, Maine Implements New Gun Safety Laws
Aug 13 2024 // With eleventh hour guidance from the state, Maine gun retailers on Friday began requiring a three-day wait period for gun purchases under one of the new safety laws adopted following the state’s deadliest mass...
#8 Police Have Increased Use of Maine’s ‘Yellow Flag’ Law Since Mass Shooting
Sep 11 2024 // There has been a huge jump in law enforcement requests for Maine courts to allow guns to be seized from people deemed a danger to themselves or others since the deadliest mass shooting in state history, the governor said...
#9 Earthquake in Maine Rattles Houses, Nerves Across Northeast
Jan 28 2025 // A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the southern Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away. The earthquake took place at about...
#10 Maine Doctor Convicted on Multiple Counts of IIlegally Distributing Opioids
Jun 24 2024 // A Maine doctor who runs an addiction treatment center has been convicted on multiple counts of illegally distributing opioids including oxycodone, hydromorphone and fentanyl. Dr. Merideth Norris, 53, of Kennebunk, Maine,...
#11 Maine Considers Public Flood Insurance Option for Municipalities, Property Owners
Sep 18 2024 // State leaders tasked with reviewing Maine’s preparations and responses to climate change-fueled natural disasters are at a crossroads. While Maine has seen seven federal disaster declarations for severe storms and...
#12 Maine Can Forbid Discrimination by Religious Schools Taking State Money
Aug 22 2024 // Maine didn’t violate the U.S. constitutional rights of religious schools by requiring them to abide by the state’s antidiscrimination law to receive taxpayer-funded tuition assistance, a federal judge ruled....
#13 Lobster Monster Truck Gone Airborne Topples Utility Poles, Injuring Spectators
Jun 5 2024 // TOPSHAM, Maine (AP) — A lobster-themed monster truck performing for spectators in Maine clipped an aerial power line, toppling several utility poles and sending two people to hospitals, police said. Others suffered minor...
#14 Bipartisan Bill Aims to Authorize Payouts for Coastal Structures
Jun 11 2024 // A new bipartisan bill would authorize National Flood Insurance Plan payouts for structures condemned due to chronic erosion or unusual flooding. Introduced earlier this month by Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and...
#15 Most of 15 Million Bees Saved After Bee-Laden Truck Crashes
May 14 2024 // A tractor-trailer hauling about 15 million honey bees to be used to pollinate blueberry fields crashed and overturned on Interstate 95, officials in Clinton, Maine said. The driver was taken to the hospital as a precaution...
#16 Maine Regulators Reject Letting Utility Report Suspect Marijuana Growers to Police
Aug 16 2024 // Maine utility regulators unanimously rejected on Tuesday an electric utility’s proposal to proactively report high consumption that signals a marijuana growing operation to law enforcement officials in an attempt to...
#17 Maine Provides Waterfront Communities With $21 Million to Rebuild From Winter Storms
Jul 25 2024 // Maine is providing more than $21 million in grants to help dozens of waterfront communities rebuild from a series of devastating storms this past winter. The storms brought flooding, damage and power outages to the...
#18 Maine Storm Resilience Proposal Includes Insurance Industry-Funded Mitigation Grants
Jan 9 2025 // Maine Governor Janet Mills and House and Senate leaders are championing legislation to strengthen the ability of local communities, homeowners, businesses, and emergency responders to prepare for and withstand future...
#19 Maine OKs 15.7% Rate Cut for Its Biggest Workers’ Compensation Insurer, MEMIC
May 16 2024 // The Maine Bureau of Insurance has approved a 15.7% average rate reduction in workers’ compensation insurance premiums for Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co. (MEMIC), the largest workers’ compensation...
#20 Rural Maine Train Derailment Was Caused by Beaver Dam, Officials Say
Feb 18 2025 // SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — A train derailment in rural Maine that spilled hundreds of gallons of fuel and hospitalized three workers was attributable to a beaver dam, state officials said. The April...
