Young workers are turning down camp counselor jobs for better-paying options, forcing some local camps to cap enrollment or cut programming.
John Terhune
Staff Writer
As a member of METLN's quick strike investigations team, John writes about everything from gun legislation to housing. He previously spent a year on a deep-dive investigation of the Lewiston mass shooting as part of the Press Herald's collaboration with Frontline and Maine Public. A Waterville native, John has degrees from Middlebury College and Boston University and spends his free time going to the movies, practicing the guitar and defusing arguments at men's league soccer games.
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House committee approves another warship, could benefit Bath Iron Works
The House Armed Services Committee voted early Thursday to approve its markup of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, which includes funds for a third DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, due in part to lobbying from Rep. Jared Golden.
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Brunswick Landing mastermind to tackle Aroostook project
Steve Levesque, who guided the redevelopment of the former Brunswick Naval Air Station, will lead a project to bring businesses to the former Loring Air Force Base in Aroostook County.
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Oyster festival comes to Freeport
The first Maine Oyster Festival will give Freeport residents and guests a chance to sample shellfish from up and down Maine’s coast.
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BIW would benefit from proposal for multi-year deal to build destroyers
Sen. Angus King says the Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup of the National Defense Authorization Act allows for up to 15 DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers the shipyard can compete to build.
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Harpswell cemetery damaged by unknown driver
An unknown vehicle damaged several gravestones in West Harpswell Cemetery earlier this week, including a 6-foot-tall granite obelisk, according to the cemetery’s management group.
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‘Developers will flee’: Brunswick Council holds off on proposed development moratorium
The Brunswick Town Council postponed its vote on a proposed emergency housing development moratorium Tuesday after more than a dozen community members spoke out against the measure.
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Government forced to cover plaintiffs’ legal fees in Topsham bridge battle
A Portland judge ruled Friday that the government must cover 70% of Friends of Frank J. Wood Bridge’s legal fees after a lengthy battle over the future of the historical structure, but the bridge may still be replaced.
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Christening BIW’s latest warship, Collins and Navy leaders call for more
Speakers at Saturday’s christening of the future USS John Basilone celebrated the ship’s famous WWII hero namesake and called for a stronger Navy.
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Maine prepares for first Juneteenth as a state holiday
Municipal offices around the state of Maine will close Monday in observance of Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the US.