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ICYMI from The Maine Monitor: ‘Historically left out,’ a Wabanaki organization forges its own approach to addiction treatment.
ICYMI from The Maine Monitor: Maine will coordinate plans for new transmission lines — particularly regional projects to share power from offshore wind farms — with nine Northeast neighbors.
MDOT has agreed to, starting in the spring of 2025, spend up to $1 million to fix the Seawall Road connecting Southwest Harbor and several popular National Park Service sites. The road was destroyed in storms earlier this year. In the meantime, the DOT said it would allow temporary repairs to proceed by several local contractors who are donating time and materials. | Mt. Desert Islander
A small, more than 80-year-old bridge that connects Stonington to the small island village of Oceanville will take more than a year to rebuild. The Maine DOT started limiting traffic to a single lane, and that is the way it will be until November 2025. | Bangor Daily News
The Hancock County Emergency Management Agency might be relocating to a four acre site near the Ellsworth border. The space also would allow room for a Hancock County Emergency Center. Right now, the center is just a table located behind the desk of Hancock County EMA Director Andrew Sankey. | Ellsworth American
The Forest Society of Maine says more than 5,000 acres of forestland that hold the headwaters of the Union, Narraguagus, and Passadumkeag rivers has been placed in permanent conservation easement. The parcel is located in Township 34, which is in northern Hancock County east of Great Pond. | Ellsworth American
A group of citizens are appealing a court decision that affirmed a vote by the Mount Desert Planning Board to approve a subdivision. Opponents say the town would be allowing more dwellings than the land can support. The dwellings are intended to be for workforce housing. | Mt. Desert Islander
The school board for Deer Isle has postponed a decision on choosing a PFAS water filtration system for Deer Isle-Stonington High School, which the state says has some of the highest levels of “forever” chemicals in the state. The school has been using bottled water for drinking for the past two years. | Island Ad-Vantages
Central Maine Power and parent company Avangrid are asking Maine utility regulators to waive a requirement that the Maine Public Utility Commission approve any reorganization of a public utility. The Spanish company Iberdrola would like to acquire Avangrid, which maintains Iberdrola already owns a controlling interest, which means it’s not a reorganization. | Maine Public
A recent analysis of hospitals around the country included 39 hospitals across Maine, some of which came up short when compared with prior studies. The U.S. News and World Report analysis found five hospitals, among them Maine Medical Center, are still rated as high performing. Last year the number was six. And in 2022, 15 Maine hospitals were given the high performing rating. | MaineBiz
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute has hired Nana Annan as chief operating officer. The institute is based in Portland and conducts groundbreaking studies on the local ecosystem and ocean along with their work around aquaculture and other ocean related fields with a national impact. Annan has more than 25 years of experience in nonprofit and corporate environments. | MaineBiz
The parent company of Katahdin Trust Co. is offering up to $6,000 in bonuses for candidates looking to join and remain as a community banker in any of the trust’s 16 locations throughout the state. New workers would receive the $6,000 in staggered payments over three years. | MaineBiz |
