Heat, drought taking toll on wild blueberry season

How Maine towns are regulating development in flood zones. The deadly floods that devastated Central Texas last month provide a stark example of what happens when flood zone development regulations are absent or unenforced. Click the image to read this story by Emmett Gartner of The Maine Monitor.

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Northern Light Health says it is ending its contract with Anthem | WMTW

Mainers share fears of proposed health insurance rate hikes | Portland Press Herald

Escaped teens from Long Creek captured in Saco | WGME

Heat, drought taking a toll on Maine's wild blueberry season | Maine Public

Food pantries see families feeling the pinch of federal cuts, rising prices | Maine Public

Federal government chose not to renew rules that allowed SNAP benefit replacement, Maine DHHS says | News Center Maine

Coast Guard to delay removing navigational buoys after pushback from marine users | Maine Public

Penobscot County opens opioid committee meetings to the public after backlash | Bangor Daily News

Dangerous rip currents on southern Maine beach led to multiple rescues this week | Maine Public

Police locate suspect posting threats against Lewiston-Auburn Balloon Festival | WGME

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