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Researchers try producing potato resistant to climate change

BANGOR, Maine (AP) University of Maine researchers are trying to produce potatoes that can better withstand warming temperatures as the climate changes.

Maine’s fall hunting seasons ending for the year

Maine wildlife managers have encouraged more hunting these past two years because it’s a socially distant activity.

Maine art museum receives $750,000 gift, renames gallery

The Ogunquit Museum of American Art said it received the $750,000 gift from Carol and Noel Leary.

Maine hospitals have three tools in their toolbelt to expand hospital capacity amid record COVID-19 cases

Many of the 323 Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 in Maine are only still there because there are very few open nursing home beds in the state to discharge them to.

10 Maine communities working together to prevent flooding

The communities involved in the project are Portland, Freeport, Falmouth, Cumberland, Yarmouth, Cape Elizabeth, Scarborough, South Portland, Chebeague Island and Long Island.

Shippers prepare for another pandemic crush of holiday gifts

The Postal Service and private shippers UPS and FedEx are bolstering their hiring by bringing in about 230,000 seasonal workers to ensure they don’t become overwhelmed by packages again.

East Coast herring fishery will be shut down until 2022

The agency says that’s because it has projected that 95% of the year’s quota has been harvested as of Nov. 23.

Residents place moratorium on quarries near Sebago Lake

SEBAGO, Maine (AP) — Residents of a Maine town have voted to enact a moratorium that stops development of new quarries along one of the state’s most beloved lakes.

Catch a live glimpse of the Monument Square Christmas Tree anytime online

A new webcam gives viewers around the world a glimpse of the Monument Square Christmas tree anytime

Bike Sharing is coming to Portland in time for next summer

If you are feeling up for a bike ride in Portland but forgot your bike no problem, you can get one from several locations for $1 to unlock it and $9 per hour to ride.

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