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Maine island sees record number of breeding puffins
From a bird blind on Seal Island, I watched as puffins zoomed in from the sea with a rainbow of fish drooping from their beaks. They carried copper and golden juvenile haddock, redfish and white hake....
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PFAS-laden firefighting foam spills at Brunswick airport
Firefighting foam containing dangerous PFAS chemicals was accidentally discharged at the former naval air station in Brunswick on Monday morning. The foam came from the fire suppression system at...
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What I learned digging clams for the 1st time in Maine
Before I dug my hands into the wet sand at Reid State Park on a recent morning, I had never actually eaten a clam. I’ve not lived in the midcoast — let alone Maine — for long, and hadn’t had the...
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PFAS-laden foam from Brunswick airport leak found in local pond
State and Brunswick-area officials are still trying to clean up and assess the spread of toxic firefighting foam that was released by a malfunctioning suppression system at the Brunswick Executive...
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A 2nd group has challenged UMaine’s sale of Belfast campus to church
A second group has formally challenged the recent decision by the University of Maine System to sell its Belfast campus to a church. Waldo Community Action Partners, an organization that provides...
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A couple will pay $50 for outdoor wedding on Belfast waterfront
Steamboat Landing Park in Belfast has hosted many city-approved events over the years, including concerts, plays, art fairs and ultimate Frisbee games. Now an outdoor wedding attended by at least 125...
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Toxic foam that spilled at Brunswick airport was due for removal next month
The U.S. Navy had been planning to remove thousands of gallons of PFAS-laden firefighting foam from Brunswick Executive Airport next month, when a large portion of that foam was instead released...
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UMaine System still selling Belfast facility to church despite protests
The University of Maine System said Thursday that it will stick with its announced plans to sell its Belfast facility to a local evangelical church, rejecting two appeals filed this week by other...
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Belfast looks to expand a breakwater that can’t blunt worsening storms
A proposed expansion of the breakwater that protects Belfast’s waterfront from heavy waves could move forward soon, after a firm recently studied how the changes would affect sediments that build up...
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Abandoned derelict vessels are costing Maine communities thousands of dollars
It took nearly seven months but the 83-foot dragger that sank in the New Meadows River in Harpswell during the Jan. 10 winter storm has finally been removed. The U.S. Coast Guard took the unusual step...
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Pennsylvania woman killed in midcoast Maine collision
A Pennsylvania woman died Thursday night when she collided with another vehicle in Woolwich. Margaret J. Daniel, 24, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, was reportedly passing several vehicles in a 2013 Buick...
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Maine State Prison inmate with 40-year sentence dies
A man incarcerated at the Maine State Prison in Warren died on Friday morning, according to the Maine Department of Corrections. Stephen Lee, 50, formerly of Waterville, died at 11:28 a.m. on Friday,...
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PFAS advisory issued for local fish after foam spill at Brunswick airport
A warning on eating fish in the Brunswick area has been issued by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention following a spill of PFAS-laden foam at the Brunswick airport this week. The...
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A new Belfast land trust is making 66 acres open to the public
A new land trust is making 66 acres along the Little River in Belfast open to the public A Maine-based organization called Land in Common has led the formation of the Little River Community Land...
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Maine man dies in single-vehicle Arrowsic crash
A 45-year-old Arrowsic man died after his vehicle left the road on Friday in Arrowsic. The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Office responded to the single-vehicle crash on the Old Stage Road at around 6:44...
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A towering sculpture of trash highlights Maine’s marine debris problem
On the side of Route 127 in Arrowsic sits a towering sculpture of trash, created by a few teenagers and community members who found the debris in their local waterways. Held together by rope, the...
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Crews responding to Lincoln County fire were unaware it was a cannabis grow...
A fire that drew fire departments from 10 towns to the former William Smith Enterprises building at 147 Somerville Road in Jefferson on Thursday began in a cannabis growing facility that firefighters...
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Liberty man injured after getting trapped under work vehicle
A Liberty man suffered several lacerations and possible internal injuries Sunday morning after he was trapped under a heavy work vehicle, according to local Fire Chief Bill Gillespie. The man, who is...
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Maine warns against swimming near Brunswick foam spill
State health officials are advising people not to swim, wade, boat or do other recreational activities in several bodies of freshwater in Brunswick after more than a thousand gallons of toxic...
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We looked into whether this Maine lobster can predict the weather
This story first appeared in the Midcoast Update, a newsletter published every Tuesday morning. Sign up to receive here to receive stories about the midcoast delivered to your inbox each week, along...
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