Dispatch: New record of puffin burrows on Eastern Egg Rock

‘Massive Easter egg hunt’ yields new record of puffin burrows on Eastern Egg Rock

Researchers with the Audubon Seabird Institute counted 200 active puffin burrows on the island, up from 188 in 2019. They also spotted a razorbill chick.

Read this story by Derrick Z. Jackson

Maine man who watched immigration agents puts U.S. government in crosshairs of lawsuit: This is the first lawsuit filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act against the United States for the actions of immigration agents during “Operation Catch of the Day” in January. Read this story by Kristian Moravec

Ousted manager’s lawsuit pulls Washington County back into political chaos: The county’s former manager is suing the county and two commissioners, alleging defamation, sex discrimination and whistleblower retaliation. Read this story by Daniel O'Connor of The Maine Monitor and Bangor Daily News

Machias Select Board raises transfer station bag fees, approves resident sticker system: The board approved a new windshield decal system to streamline residency checks at the facility. Read this story by Evan W. Houk

Hidden Circle residents purchase mobile home park in Jay: The $1 million deal is the first resident buyout under Maine’s 2025 first-right-of-refusal law. Read this story by Bob Neal

Fairfield to update 1980 waste ordinance to address PFAS and Sappi landfill license: Town councilors plan to revise language referencing toxic materials, clearing the path to renew the facility’s annual permit. Read this story by Judith Meyer

A Maine Monitor story from January inspired Act One of the latest episode of the "This American Life" podcast. In the episode, a doctor trained as a midwife tells Elaine Appleton Grant the eye-popping story of how she and others came together to save a baby during a birth that suddenly went wrong, in a part of rural Maine where the local labor and delivery unit had closed less than a month before. Listen to the episode and read The Monitor story.

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