Rangers also reminded hikers that camping has been prohibited on the mountain since 2021.
Local & State
Local Maine news from the Portland Press Herald.
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Explore our map of worsening drought conditions across New England
Drought conditions have expanded in some parts of the state, and more of northern Maine is now abnormally dry, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor. Nearly 1.2 million Mainers live in drought areas, encompassing all of southern, western, central and Down East Maine. The conditions have contributed to an unusually high […]
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Susan Collins ‘extremely alarmed’ at Trump administration firing of CDC director
Maine’s senior senator reacted Thursday to the firing of Susan Monarez, who was let go by the administration this week after reportedly clashing with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy.
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Before Mitchell Field: The Cold War brings the Navy to Harpswell
A photograph from August 1954 shows the pier at the brand-new Casco Bay Fuel Depot and four of the facility’s 14 fuel storage tanks. Eight deliveries by 130,000-barrel tankers were necessary to fill the tanks. (Courtesy of Terri Gaudet) This is the first in a two-part Harpswell Anchor series about the U.S. Navy’s development and […]
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More parts of Maine are in drought, affecting nearly 1.2 million residents
The areas of the state experiencing drought or abnormally dry conditions have expanded, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Drought Monitor.
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Passamaquoddy Tribe wants to install hundreds of rooftop solar panels. Maine utility says it’s not allowed.
Regulators’ decision could also affect people in retirement communities and mobile home cooperatives who band together to fund solar projects.
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Girl, 8, hit and killed by ambulance in Van Buren
Emma Cormier was attempting to cross Main Street when she was hit Wednesday afternoon, police say.
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Affordable housing, brewery project underway at old Brunswick fire station
Construction has started on a project to convert the 1919 building into a brewery and five affordable housing units.
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After rejection and revision, Gray-New Gloucester voters pass school budget
The revised proposal passed by a wide margin after the original iteration was rejected by 19 votes.
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Italian stonecutters in Hallowell carved a legacy of industry and labor from granite
‘Working Granite: Italian Stonecutters and their Union’ at the Maine Historical Society highlights one of Maine’s earliest labor unions, started by stone workers in 1877.
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