Whose beach is it?

PORTLAND — Beach goers would urinate in the limited privacy provided by the seawall. A few times, they tore pieces of the wooden stairs that led from the beach to the yard to feed a bonfire. And sometimes, they would climb the wall to the yard, use the home’s outdoor shower and peer into the

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New lab would expand pest, disease monitoring

ORONO — The concept of biosecurity has moved to the mainstream, as threats from pests and disease spread through international travel are seen and more clearly understood. At the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service’s Insect and Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab, scientists tasked with diagnosing and monitoring diseases and pests that can affect plant, animal

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LifeFlight of Maine raises over $110,000 in Lincolnville to Islesboro swim

Fifty-six swimmers and their 60 escort paddlers crossed upper Penobscot Bay from Lincolnville to Islesboro, along with volunteers serving on planning, organizing and assisting groups and several corporate donors raised more than $110,000, four times what was raised last year in the inaugural event, LifeFlight of Maine reported. “It really was a perfect illustration of

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Downeast high school students survey green crabs

Forty-one students from six coastal and island high schools (Deer Isle-Stonington, George Stevens Academy, Vinalhaven, North Haven, Narraguagus and Mount Desert Island) gathered on Hurricane Island in Penobscot Bay Sept. 28-29 to kick-off the second year of the Eastern Maine Skippers Program (EMSP). The program is a collaborative, year-long project addressing the question, “How can

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Aquaculture grows to include shellfish, seaweed

Growing shellfish and seaweed along the coast of Maine is becoming more popular. Dana Morse, a marine extension associate for Maine Sea Grant who focuses on shellfish aquaculture, believes the public has had a change of heart on what was a controversial activity. “The overall understanding and acceptance generally of aquaculture and farm-raised seafood has

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