4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (254+ words) In this age of artificial intelligence, satellite tagging technology, automated sound recorders, genetic analyses, and countless other sophisticated science tools, you could be easy to be lulled into assuming that old-fashioned personal natural history observations are obsolete and of little…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (232+ words) The area around this crossing, known as Upper Bridge, developed into an active community. Several wharves lined the riverbank. Mills operated nearby. A small shipbuilding enterprise took advantage of the river’s direct connection to the harbor. The bridge was not…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (455+ words) CAMDEN — Camden’s mil rate has been set at 12, an increase over last year's mil rate of 11.5. Taxes were committed Aug. 26, and property tax bills should be circulating this week, said Camden Assessor Kerry Leichtman, Aug. 31. The mil rate is the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (655+ words) "A Maine Department of Environmental Protection stormwater permit-by-rule application, Natural Resources Protection Act PBR application, DOT driveway entrance application, and Maine Construction General Permit will be submitted prior to construction," wrote Project Manager Josh Hogan, in the Aug. 12 application letter…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (646+ words) CAMDEN — While she remains Camden's Town Manager until the end of September, Audra Caler is enthusiastic about filling her new post Oct. 1 as the Yarmouth Town Manager. "It is exciting," she said in an Aug. 24 phone conversation, describing the governmental…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1245+ words) EASTPORT — A controversial underwater artificial intelligence data center proposed in the Bay of Fundy, near Kendall Head off the northern coast of Eastport, took a major step forward in the permitting process this week. The application drew an almost immediate…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (189+ words) CAMDEN — The Yarmouth Town Council appointed Camden Town Manager Audra Caler as its next manager at its Aug. 20 meeting, according to the Portland Press Herald. The vote was unanimous, and Caler is due to start her new job Oct. 1. Caler…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (396+ words) The Department of Marine Resources has launched an electronic aquaculture application system, which will significantly streamline the process for lease applicants who until now have had to submit applications on paper forms, according to Maine DMR, in a news release....

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (409+ words) The Rockport Town Office said Aug. 19 that the 2026-2027 mil rate has been set at the 2025-2026 rate of 13.65. "The Town of Rockport has completed its annual tax commitment and is pleased to announce that the 2026 municipal property tax rate will remain…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1041+ words) HOPE — Citizens in Hope will gather Aug. 20 for an in-person annual Town Meeting, and big on its list of municipal business is a decision about whether to lease-purchase, over the course of five years, 15 different pieces of road maintenance equipment,…...