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Fatal overdoses in Washington County have dropped by approximately 40% over the past two years | Quoddy Tides
Two major trail restoration projects are now complete in Acadia National Park: the ever popular Ocean Path and Beech Mountain Trail. | Mount Desert Islander
The state Department of Transportation reports the most likely place in Maine to collide with a moose is Aroostook County. Moose strikes are 13 percent more deadly than hitting a deer. | Bangor Daily News
ICYMI: A bill that would automatically seal certain criminal records has set up a debate between supporters who say the legislation would give people with a criminal history a second chance to “reach their full potential” and opponents who worry this blanket approach goes too far. | The Maine Monitor
Trenton has voted to limit solar energy projects to residential and business installations, but no more solar farms. | Mount Desert Islander
After 15 years, the alewife harvest has returned to the Pennamaquan River in Pembroke. The resumption of the harvest has been hailed by town officials and biologists alike. | Quoddy Tides
The state has received federal money to enlarge culverts in key locations so that moose can walk through them rather than across the road in high strike areas. | Bangor Daily News
The former Stinson sardine cannery in the Gouldsboro village of Prospect Harbor is getting a new tenant, Wyman’s blueberries, for a portion of the space. Wyman’s will store frozen blueberries. | Bangor Daily News
The search continues for a clam fisherman missing since Sunday off the coast of Milbridge. Searchers found Alton Wallace’s 14-foot skiff near Pinkham Island. | Bangor Daily News
Five Mount Desert Island Hospital nurses who joined a protest about the closing of the obstetrics department at MDI Hospital have been formally disciplined. The nurses’ union has cried foul. | Mount Desert Islander
ICYMI: Lawmakers consider bills to improve regional transportation options, increase public input. | The Maine Monitor
The Maine Association of Nonprofits says termination of federal funds are affecting everything from domestic violence programs to the fishing industry and cancer research. | Mainebiz
The tribal government at Sipayik is proceeding with plans to move its wastewater treatment plant because of the risks posed by rising sea levels, flooding and storm surges. | Quoddy Tides
A bill that would allocate $3 million more to help Maine’s mobile home park residents buy their own communities has cleared a key hurdle in the legislature. | Bangor Daily News
ICYMI: Our panel discussion at Colby College looked at how housing shortages, low reimbursement and an aging population are driving Maine’s health care crisis | The Maine Monitor |
