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Tramel's travel blog: Portland Head Light is awesome by land or by sea
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWe stood on the cliffs, just a few feet from Portland Head, the tiny jut of land that marks the...
Cape Elizabeth High School closed Friday because of COVID-19 outbreak
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 28—Cape Elizabeth High School will be closed Friday so custodial staff can carry out a "deep cleaning" of the building, a step necessitated by a high rate of absenteeism linked to a COVID ...
I'm a Southerner who visited Portland, Maine, for the first time. Here are the 9 things that...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMy fiancée and I visited Portland, Maine, for the first time, and there were several things that...
Coyote trapping in Cape Elizabeth raises ethical questions among residents
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 5 months agoNov. 17—A series of coyote traps set up near the popular Greenbelt trails in Cape Elizabeth has alarmed some residents who question whether the practice is necessary and humane. But a local ...
Tramel's travel blog: Goodbye to Maine, hello New Hampshire
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTraveling has its perks. Like sitting shoreside Saturday on Peaks Island, just off Portland, Maine,...
These seabirds are the harbingers of changing oceans. Studying them involves lots of poop.
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSeven miles into the Gulf of Maine live thousands of very protective parents. They divebomb and...
Maine lawmakers consider $11.7 million in emergency funding for civil legal aid programs
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 21—Maine lawmakers are considering a proposal to allocate millions of dollars in emergency funding to civil legal aid providers across the state. Advocates who provide and benefit from ...
Maine is nibbling away at deficit of New England cottontails
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 8—SCARBOROUGH — Julia Mast walks deliberately along a grassy trail near the Scarborough Marsh, pointing a radio telemetry antenna at the thick tangle of shrubs on either side. At the edge ...
New affordable housing complex for older Mainers opens in Old Orchard Beach
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 15—Residents began moving in Wednesday to a new 55-unit apartment building in Old Orchard Beach that officials say helps fill a need for more affordable, year-round housing in the area.
Shark sightings abound off Maine's coast. Experts say we're likely to see more.
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 17—State and local officials have logged more than a dozen reports of great white sharks off the Maine coast so far this year. And biologists say there are likely to be more white sharks ...
