Maine Gov. Janet Mills launches bid to unseat Sen. Susan Collins

1 of 2 | Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday her expected bid for U.S. Senate. File Photo CJ Gunther/EPA Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Tuesday announced that she was running to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins in what's...

Maine Mariners aim to build 58,000 square-foot practice rink at the Downs in Scarborough

The Maine Mariners are seeking to build a 5,800 square-foot, state-of-the-art practice arena in Scarborough the team hopes to start using during the 2027 hockey season. The 800-seat complex would be built on 6.2 acres inside the Innovation...

Maine’s Offshore Wind Industry Is Working — Regardless Of What You’ve Read

Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The floating offshore wind industry is poised for growth with advancing technologies and expanding commercial projects. Due to the Trump administration’s rejection of...

Wild Oysters Make a Comeback in Maine

While wild oysters were an important part of an Indigenous diet in what is now Maine, by the 1900s they had all but disappeared. Most people considered them functionally extinct, in fact, until this spring, when researchers from the University of...

Maine's major airports not airing controversial DHS video

In the message, Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown. PORTLAND, Maine — Airports across the country are pushing back against a newly released Department of Homeland Security video featuring Secretary Kristi...

Maine Public Utilities Commission to hear testimony on CMP rate increase proposal

Central Maine Power is requesting $1.4 billion over five years in the form of a rate increase from the Maine Public Utilities Commission. This could be up to $35 a month for the average customer.According to a press release from CMP, the Investing...

New research sheds light on neurodegenerative disorder CTE

Recent, deadly tragedies have led to growing public knowledge of a condition called CTE, a neurodegenerative disorder connected to repetitive head injuries, potentially resulting in violent behavior. National Health Reporter Erin Billups looks at...

Maine’s 1st AI data center is coming to Aroostook County

An aerial view of the former Loring Air Force Base is shown in this 2023 file photo. Maine’s first artificial intelligence data center will be housed at the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone. Loring LiquidCool Data Center, owned by the...

What direction do Maine Democrats want party to go?

FARMINGTON, Maine (WABI) - In order for Gov.Janet Mills to have the chance to unseat Susan Collins, she’ll have to make it through that primary first. She is now one of eight Democrats running. University of Maine Farmington Political Science...

Maine Christmas tree harvest expected to be strong, despite lengthy drought

Matthew Quinn doesn’t remember a time when it was quite this dry at his Christmas tree farm in Cornville. Over the past two months, he’s spent time toting water out to the 3,000 trees he planted last spring at Quinn’s Tree Farm to make sure they...

Maine Cancer Foundation launches new website to advance cancer awareness, prevention, care, programming efforts

FALMOUTH — Maine Cancer Foundation is announcing the launch of its new website, www.mainecancerblueprint.org, a centralized hub designed to showcase health statistics of Mainers diagnosed with cancer and bring together health care providers,...

Maine’s blueberry growers grapple with drought, heat and higher costs

The unusual weather cycle of the past year — which saw ample early rain in the spring followed by drought and high heat in the summer — has had a disastrous effect on the wild blueberry crops across Washington County, with some growers reporting...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills announces run for US Senate

Maine Gov. Janet Mills is now running for a seat in the U.S. Senate, according to an announcement on X, formerly Twitter, Tuesday morning."I've never backed down from a bully and I never will," Mills wrote. "Donald Trump is ripping away health...

Senate Rating Change: Maine Moves from Leans Republican to Toss-up

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) entered the Maine Senate race on Tuesday morning, giving Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) a more proven potential challenger even as other Democrats are seeking the nomination. — We are moving the...

Can Maine's governor topple Susan Collins?

Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills officially launched her campaign to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins on Tuesday, with a video highlighting her opposition to President Donald Trump, who she characterized as a “bully.” In the campaign video,...

Transcript: Maine’s Mills-Platner Senate Race Is A Huge Dem Battle

Seitz-Wald: Correct, yeah — former chief of staff for Katie Porter. He ran End Citizens United, younger guy, moved back to Maine where he’s from. His dad is actually the new pastor at the church near me — because everything’s small. And there’s a...

Infrastructure Technology Podcast: JTA's NAVI autonomous vehicle program

Here is a transcript from the episode: GJ: And welcome to the Infrastructure Technology Podcast. I'm Gavin Jenkins from Roads and Bridges, and with me, as always, we have Ileana Garnand, the digital editor of Roads and Bridges, and we have a man...

Help Fight Breast Cancer in Maine with CLYNK

If you want to help fight breast cancer, first off, thank you, secondly, here’s how you can! Hosts of the 949HOM Morning Show, Lizzy and Jeff will be joined by the legendary Lori Voornas, our captain, at the 23rd Annual Cans for a Cure this...

Maine author encourages kids to follow their dreams in new children's book

Ashlee Ridlon is an educator and children's book author from Maine. Her new book is called 'The Mermaid Who Sang to the Stars'. PORTLAND, Maine — Ashlee Ridlon first started writing children's books after her daughter, Avery, was diagnosed with...

Cuts to EPA are a risk to Maine’s clean air and water

The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Anya Fetcher is a federal policy advocate at the Natural Resources...