After days of a smoky smell and haze drifting down from Canadian wildfires, Maine’s air is about to clear.

Response systems practiced in Portland in March are being used now in the Gulf of Mexico.

KENNEBUNKPORT – One day, Beth Maloney was watching her son, Sammy, speaking to a crowd during the finals of a fifth-grade civics competition. Weeks later, she could not get him to use the front door, walk across a carpet or sleep in his bed. Eventually, he would stay in his room and barely eat or […]

Cold nights in early May hit some Maine orchards hard, while others escaped serious damage and loss.

More than two miles of oil spill containment boom will be on its way from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico today, according to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. The DEP had prepared 13,900 feet of boom at the request of officials who are directing the cleanup of the BP oil spill off Louisiana. […]

A longtime ship docking pilot in Portland Harbor known for his hard-charging business style has retired, ending his last effort to regain control of the port’s lucrative ship-moving business. “I have decided to retire and hang up my portable radio,” Arthur J. Fournier wrote in a letter submitted to the Board of Harbor Commissioners on […]

The state has trained response personnel and gear on hand, but can’t help in the Gulf until asked.