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Overdose deaths are down, but Gov. Mills says more to be done to address opioid epidemic
At the sixth annual opioid response summit, Gov. Janet Mills celebrated the decrease in fatal overdoses in Maine over the past year and a half, but outlined the work still to be done as officials continue to remove deadly substances from the street and new, more powerful drugs become more widespread. “Today may we all […] The post Overdose deaths are down, but Gov. Mills says more to be done to address opioid epidemic appeared first on Maine Morning Star.
Big Change Coming to Popular Airline Serving Maine, New Hampshire, & Massachusetts
Over the last few decades, we have seen the airline industry change a lot. Just after September 11, we saw a series of new safety regulations put in place. These were, of course, done in an effort to prevent future terrorist attacks. A few years later, we began to see...
Maine Faces Extreme Heat Wave: Safety Measures Advised
Augusta, ME – Residents across Maine are advised to prepare for a significant heat wave next week. According to the National Weather Service (NWS), above-average temperatures with heat indices between 95 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit are expected. Some areas may experience heat indices exceeding 100 degrees. These elevated temperatures...
Finding Our Voices brings Midcoast Maine ‘Into the Light’
Through July, Eat, Drink, Buy Yellow at 100 Local Businesses to Brighten Lives of Domestic Abuse Survivors. Get your mango, corn, saffron, passion fruit, curry, pineapple, Golden Milk --and of course lemon --while you can, at the “Into the Light!” Foodie Festival running through Wednesday July 31. Sixty...
Linnaus, Nebraska girls earn 56-16 win over Maine in Day One of wrestling exchange
PIERCE - Several Northeast Nebraska wrestlers took to the mat yesterday for the first ever girls’ version of the Nebraska Maine Exchange out at Pierce High School. The girls from Nebraska dominated throughout the evening, picking up six pins as a team on their way to a 56-16 victory.
One of the Last RadioShacks in Maine Announces It Will Close
In the early '80s, there was a boom of RadioShack stores opening in Maine, partially thanks to the growing home computer business. My first PC was a Tandy 1000EX with a built-in 5 1/4" floppy disk drive, bought at RadioShack. We had a store open up locally in Oxford, and...
WATCH: Great White Shark Spotted Near Popular Maine Beaches
Last month, an off-duty cop was at the stern of a boat on Pepperell Cove in Kittery, Maine, and captured a video of a humpback whale breeching the water!. The Kittery Police Department posted a video on their Facebook page that's incredibly cool. (You may also like: Off-Duty Maine Cop...
Maine organic farmers sue EPA over 'forever chemicals' found in sludge
PORTLAND (WGME) -- A Maine organic farm group is joining a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its alleged failure to regulate PFAS in sludge. These chemicals pose a threat to our health, and some want to see the lawsuit taken a step further. "My son was an...
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