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Rockland gives reprieve to short-term rental owners who live off-property
The Rockland City Council voted against a measure Monday night that would stop giving out permits by 2026 for short-term rentals owned by people who do not live on the property. The council voted 2-3...
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Port Clyde writer pens book about gardening during the pandemic
In her new book, “A Gardener at the End of the World,” Margot Anne Kelley brings the reader into her world for a full year at the beginning of the 2020 pandemic. She begins by telling us: “We linger...
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Unity Environmental University’s online pivot wins students but rankles alums
The success that Unity Environmental University has had in attracting new students with its hybrid model of remote and in-person education continues to rankle alumni who disagree with the online...
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Maine’s endangered plovers weather climate change
On a bright, blustery morning in Scarborough, a three-member team is out surveying nesting sites for piping plovers and least terns, two endangered shorebirds in Maine.The secluded beach the survey...
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State Police investigating child death on Vinalhaven
Maine State Police are investigating the death of a child on Vinalhaven, according to Shannon Moss, spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety. It’s standard procedure for the state police...
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More towns are regulating short-term rentals in Maine’s touristy midcoast
When traveling along Maine’s midcoast, it’s easy to see what inspired the state’s self-bestowed nickname of “Vacationland.”Tourism is a formidable industry along the rocky, pine-covered peninsulas and...
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Brunswick man shot in leg in Wiscasset
A Brunswick man received injuries from a gunshot to his leg at a Wiscasset residence in the early morning hours of Wednesday, July 10. Police are looking for two people of interest who fled the scene...
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These Mainers may be the 1st to use a new law to purchase their mobile home park
The windows of Janet Fournier’s single-wide mobile home in Brunswick are open on this warm summer day. Fournier and her neighbor Tom Benoit point to the wild blueberry fields that can be seen at the...
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Belfast child care facility moving to new location
A Belfast business that provides services and education to children on the autism spectrum is moving to a new location. The city’s planning board on Wednesday night approved the relocation of...
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More details emerge in death of 1-year-old on Vinalhaven
More details have emerged in the death of a 1-year-old boy on Vinalhaven this week, but how it happened still hasn’t been determined. At about 10:51 a.m. Wednesday, the parents of the boy called 911...
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UMaine System close to selling off its Belfast center
The University of Maine System will soon make a final decision on whether to sell off its remote learning facility in Belfast, though it’s so far unclear whether a buyer is lined up or how much money...
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Rockland crew sentenced in illegal sale of 2.5M pounds of herring
Nine men have pleaded guilty and been sentenced in connection with a scheme that illegally sold millions pounds of Atlantic herring that were caught by a Rockland fishing vessel. Between 2016 and...
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Federal grant will help halal butchery to expand in Waldo County
A Unity-based butchery is receiving a $2.7 million grant to help it build a new processing facility that will expand the access to meat that’s deemed halal for people in Maine’s Muslim community.Five...
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Raccoon that scratched midcoast woman had rabies
A raccoon walks along the road in Nobleboro near the Nobleboro Village Store. The animal was later taken for testing by the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who confirmed that it was...
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BDN launches new email newsletter to serve midcoast readers
Starting Monday morning, the Bangor Daily News is launching an email newsletter aimed at our readers in midcoast Maine. While regions in Maine can be famously “fuzzy,” as one reader recently pointed...
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Expansion of midcoast energy facility could lessen Maine’s use of landfills
An ongoing effort to expand a waste-to-energy facility in Brunswick could eventually reduce the amount of sewage sludge and other refuse that needs to be buried in Maine landfills. Last spring, a firm...
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Coast Guard to remove Maine fishing boat that sank in January storm
The U.S. Coast Guard has agreed to remove a 60-foot sardine boat that sank in the New Meadows River near Dingley Island during a severe coastal storm on Jan. 10.According to a memo from Harpswell...
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Maine firefighters remove SUV that got stuck on mountain bike trail
The Rockport Fire Department had to use a tractor and a lot of manpower to haul a Toyota RAV4 out of the woods on Sunday evening, after it got stuck about 2.5 miles from the road on a twisting local...
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Police investigating death in Cushing
Police are investigating a death in Cushing.Mark Gagne, 41, has been charged with hindering apprehension and abuse of a corpse, according to Shannon Moss, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of...
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Maine State Ferry rates jumping for 1st time in 5 years
The Maine State Ferry service will soon hike its rates for the first time in five years, and another jump is likely next year to cover a recent hiring spree after staffing shortages have caused many...
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