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They wanted to restore wild oyster reefs to the Maine coast. Could it be done?
A team in Phippsburg has been working for nearly a decade to get wild oysters to regenerate in Maine’s cold, turbulent waters.
Maine’s biggest dam owner faces reckoning after another Penobscot River fish kill
Brookfield Renewable is in the final stages of relicensing the Ripogenus Dam, located about 30 miles west of Millinocket.
Even small Maine towns are weighing data center bans
Data centers — large warehouses that hold computer needed by AI and other software to function — have drawn ire for high water and power use.
Norway Planning Board rejects solar array, advances apartment redevelopment
The board ruled the Greenwood Road project did not meet town standards and set a public hearing for Aug. 27 on converting the former Advertiser Democrat building into apartments.
Maine struggling to get homeowners to test and treat private wells for arsenic
Low-income homeowners are least likely to test and treat their well water for arsenic, and a state program to help them has treated fewer homes than expected.
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