Maine’s cranberry harvest is up this year, and one Cooperative Extension specialist believes that warmer weather brought on by climate change might be one reason. Charlie Armstrong, a cranberry specialist with the Cooperative Extension at the University of Maine in Orono, said the warming weather since the mid-19th century — an average 1.5 to 2 […]

Researchers based in Gorham are studying bald eagles, loons and other species for threats to people.

The disease was found in mosquitoes. So far this summer, there have been no cases of the virus infecting humans in Maine.

Residents of Lebanon – where a second mosquito-borne illness is confirmed – are wary, but not worried.