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Relief Funds Offer Help for the Mental Health of Farmers with Land Poisoned by ‘Forever Chemicals’
For decades, the chemical industry knew about the dangers of PFAS, chemical compounds linked to cancer, hormone disruption and other serious health problems including, new research suggests, neurological and mental health conditions. Known as “forever chemicals” because they don’t break down, they’ve been used in consumer items from non-stick pans and takeout food packaging to personal care products. Now PFAS are being found in farmland across the U.S. that used sludge from sewage and wastewater treatment plants as fertilizer.
New England states get $500M for heating pumps
(The Center Square) — New England states are getting hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to “supercharge” efforts to get homeowners to ditch natural gas or oil heating systems and install electric heat pumps. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $450 million to Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island to accelerate a transition to heat pump technology in residential single-family homes and multifamily buildings across the region. ...
Maine mushers claim victory in dogfight over canine travel rules
Photo / Paul Cyr Photography, via the Central Aroostook Chamber of Commerce The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has tweaked new rules on bringing dogs into the country, set to take effect on Aug. 1. Bowing to pressure from mushers who race dog sled teams in Fort Kent and elsewhere,...
Maine Ethics Commission to discuss investigation of anonymous St. George political postcard
ST. GEORGE – The topic of a postcard sent anonymously via U.S. Postal Service just prior to a May 13 town vote in St. George is on the agenda of Maine’s Commission of Government Ethics and Elections Practices when it convenes July 24 in Augusta. A complaint was...
Healthy Peninsula receives $100k grant to support aging Mainers
BLUE HILL -- Healthy Peninsula, a Blue Hill nonprofit, has received a $100,000 grant to help local seniors. The grant, which will be dispersed over three years, is from Point32Health organization and will help to fund Healthy Peninsula's Bridging Neighbors program, which provides companionship and healthy meals to area people over the age of 60.
Firm that helped overturn Chevron involved with lawsuit over Maine public beach access
A public interest law firm that helped get the Chevron doctrine overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court is part of the legal battle over public access to shorelines in Maine. The Pacific Legal Foundation, which typically champions conservative and libertarian causes, is representing a defendant in a case involving public access to intertidal land in […] The post Firm that helped overturn Chevron involved with lawsuit over Maine public beach access appeared first on Maine Morning Star.
Camden Celebrates Updated Wastewater Treatment Facility
Camden, Maine (WABI) - As Camden is a coastal community, its wastewater treatment system is certainly crucial. On Wednesday, folks gathered to celebrate the completion of major upgrades to their wastewater treatment facilities built in the 1970s. “It was two years before the Clean Water Act that the town in...
Three people indicted on drug and weapons charges after arrest in Orono
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Three people that were arrested in Orono on drug and weapons charges in May have been indicted by a Penobscot grand jury. 49-year-old Tara Culpovich of Milford is charged with unlawful trafficking and unlawful possession of drugs. 48-year old Robert Moreau is charged with unlawful trafficking...
Stream thousands of films for free with Rockport Library card
The Rockport Public Library is now offering a new benefit to library cardholders: access to the online streaming platform Kanopy. “Because of the extraordinary fundraising efforts of the Friends of the Rockport Public Library,” says Rockport Library Director Ben Blackmon, in a news release, “our cardholders are now able to watch over 30,000 critically acclaimed films, documentaries, and series for free on their smart TVs, tablets, computers or phones with the Kanopy app.”
Exhibit by digital artist Joan Proudman at Rockport library
ROCKPORT — From August 2 through 29, the Rockport Public Library’s Marine Room will be filled with whimsical and mysterious fine art prints by Joan Proudman. Proudman combines photographic imagery with digital illustration to achieve seamless compositions — with an aim to “delight and inspire.”. “My...
Marigold fundraiser nets upwards of $1,500 to feed Bangor-area homeless individuals
HOLDEN, Maine (WABI) - A local woman is turning some gold into a lot of green. We wanted to update you on a story we brought you last week. Holden’s Stephanie Chesley gives her time with Literacy Volunteers of Bangor. She’s also an avid gardener. Chesley and another...
Woman killed in crash on Route 26 in Oxford
OXFORD, Maine — A woman from Norway died after a crash on Route 26 in Oxford. Police say Trudy Giroux, 65, was leaving the parking lot of the Irving gas station just before 9 a.m. to head north on Route 26 when she pulled into the path of a pickup truck headed south.
Women's Basketball Third in WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll
Orono, Maine -- The University of Maine women's basketball team checked in third in the 2023-24 Women's Basketball Coaches Association Academic Top 25 Team Honor Rolls, as announced by the WBCA on Wednesday, July 24. The Black Bears finished third among NCAA Division I members with a 3.856 cumulative team grade point average.
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