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Maine puts off plan to gauge impact of human food on bears
The state with the largest population of black bears on the East Coast is putting off a plan to study how the consumption of human food affects the animals.
Dispute leaves streetlights off in Maine city
A contract dispute between Maine’s biggest city and a utility has left two dozen streetlights dark.
State says it was wrong to resist EPA oil tank crackdown
A state official says Maine’s environmental agency was wrong to resist a federal crackdown on pollution from oil tank emissions.
Motorcycle crash killed 50-year-old, investigation continues
Police have identified a motorcyclist who died in a crash in Standish, Maine, as a 50-year-old resident of Old Orchard Beach.
Decision on Maine power rate hike faces likely delay
Maine utilities regulators say they’ll likely sign off on a stay of a power company’s request to raise rates.
Slow lobster season so far in Maine, but price is steady
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) It’s a slow lobster season so far in Maine, but fishermen are still hopeful it’ll be a good one
Maine food bank raising $5 million for renovation
BANGOR, Maine (AP) A Maine food bank is completing its $5 million renovation of a building that was once a newspaper printing plant
Bill would provide relief for communities with nuke waste
WISCASSET, Maine (AP) Wiscasset would collect more than $8 million for storing radioactive waste from Maine Yankee under a proposal in Congress
Federal appeals court weighs ‘Clear Skies’ ordinance
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) A Maine city’s ordinance prohibiting bulk loading of crude oil onto tankers is in the hands of a panel of federal judges in Boston
