Browse details from Maine’s 107 cold cases from the past 4 decades.
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Interactive charts: transit ridership in greater Portland is on the rise
Ridership on several of the region’s METRO bus routes is surging.
Interactive map: With dry weather, drought comes creeping back into Maine
A drier-than-usual summer has brought drought conditions back to parts of Maine, but the problem remains mild compared to the drought of 2016.
Interactive: See where Portland has added over 1,400 new homes since 2010
Construction activity peaked in 2017, but the city still gained over 300 new homes in 2018.
Map: See where Maine’s electric cars plug in
Data from the State of Maine shows where Maine’s 400 all-electric vehicles are registered.
Interactive: Population change in Maine towns, 2010-2016
Much of rural Maine continues to lose residents, but those losses are being offset by growth in clusters of cities and towns in Greater Portland, York County and the suburbs of Bangor.
Interactive chart: Maine’s top 25 breweries, from 2006 to today
As upstarts enter the market, some of the state’s pioneering craft breweries have receded in prominence.
HeatTrac: Record-breaking heat for May 18, 2017
At midday, 7 airport weather stations from Houlton to Sanford had already registered record-breaking heat, and temperatures are forecast to rise further in the afternoon.
Visualizing Maine’s serial drunken-driving offenders
7,267 distinct individuals have been convicted five or more times for drunken driving in Maine since 1980. That’s roughly as many people as the entire population of Rockland.
Interactive map: Where Maine’s Community Development Block Grants go
In the decade from 2007 to 2016, Maine received over $181 million in federal Community Development Block Grants, which funded projects in over 200 municipalities from Madawaska to Kittery.