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Gem Hunters Found the Lithium America Needs. Maine Won’t Let Them Dig It Up
Time via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMary and Gary Freeman stand in a pit in Newry, Maine, where they have excavated 700 tons of the...
EDITORIAL: Push to stop printing public notices is flawed
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 12—As a reader of this newspaper or others, you're likely familiar with a section — typically found toward the back of the book — headlined "public notices." The installment carried in ...
State considers $5.5 million bailout for Maine dairy industry
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 29—On the brink of collapse, Maine's $2.7 billion dairy industry is asking lawmakers for a bailout this session to avoid another round of farm closures. Over the last two years, Maine has ...
New research lab could give Maine an edge in fight against PFAS contamination chemicals
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 1—The University of Maine plans to open a research center to test for harmful forever chemicals and guide the science needed to help Maine farmers dealing with contaminated wells, herds ...
Lawmakers eye limits on growers to keep marijuana boom from going bust
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 22—The price of recreational cannabis is falling so quickly in Maine that lawmakers are considering bills that would limit the industry's rapid growth to try to prevent a collapse or protect ...
Maine dairy farms are dwindling. A task force is being set up to find out why.
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 3 months agoApr. 3—Maine has lost one-third of its commercial dairy farms since 2020, leaving 145 conventional and organic dairy farmers struggling to operate amid rising costs, shifting market forces and ...
