Recent Stories

• Percentage increase of Maine drug overdose deaths in 2021 was 12th highest in US
  The US total was estimated at 107,622 overdose deaths, an increase of 14.9 percent.
• A rebuttal: No, Democrats have not forgotten rural voters
  Julia Brown, who ran the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm, says complaints by state Sen. Chloe Maxmin are “revisionist history.”
• Conversations from the Pointed Firs: maritime historian Lincoln Paine
  In this episode, professor and maritime historian Lincoln Paine discusses Maine’s coastal history.
• Browntail moths returning, but scientists are working to limit their spread
  Although there are reasons for optimism, Mainers should be prepared to deal with the pesky insect again this summer.
• What if the trees didn’t fall in the forest?
  Why Maine’s large landowners aren’t participating in carbon offset programs, and what might happen if they did.