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A tiny Maine town was once the ‘toothpick capital of the world’
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 17, 2025
This story was originally published in May 2021. While most people associate the logging industry in Maine with paper mills, the plentiful forests of Maine provided wood for many products, from yo-yos to cigar lighters. In fact, at one point, one...
Cutting Medicaid will harm Maine’s most vulnerable
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 17, 2025
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 Catherine Thibedeau is the executive director of Independence...
Letter: Preserve renewable energy tax credit
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 17, 2025
Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com As a lifelong Mainer and ReVision Energy co-founder, a Maine- headquartered solar company, I’ve experienced how responsible...
A Maine science lab expands at a precarious time for research groups
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 17, 2025
A midcoast science lab that has lost $1 million in funding during the second Trump administration hopes that its new expansion will help it secure more private sector funding and make itself less dependent on the federal government. Bigelow...
Energy & Sustainability Washington Update — June 2025
National Law Review
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June 16, 2025
In a pivotal month for energy and fiscal policy, House Republicans advanced their sweeping reconciliation package, narrowly passing the bill on May 22 by a 215-214 vote. The legislation aims to make permanent the expiring tax provisions of the...
On the Record: Maine startup aims to fight plastic pollution with kelp
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Alexa McGovern is the founder of Dirigo Sea Farm, an early-stage startup that aims to fight plastic pollution by turning kelp into biodegradable bioplastic film for use in products such as dishwasher and laundry pods. She grew up in Falmouth and...
Maine to receive $26 million as part of $7.4 billion opioid settlement
News Center Maine
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June 16, 2025
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine is set to receive $26 million as part of a $7.4 billion settlement with bankrupt drugmaker Purdue Pharma, according to a statement from the Maine Attorney General's Office. The agreement announced Monday includes $6.5...
Maine Savings FCU names digital services leader
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Photo / Courtesy of Maine Savings FCU Amanda Gray Maine Savings Federal Credit Union has promoted Amanda Gray to vice president of digital services. In her new role, Gray will oversee the Hampden-based credit union’s digital platform strategy. She...
Maine Senate votes against all 8 of this session's transgender-related bills
WMTW 8 - Maine
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June 16, 2025
A series of bills related to transgender students and transgender athletes in Maine have almost all failed in the State Legislature.The Maine Senate voted against all eight bills, while the Maine House of Representatives voted against all but...
Maine’s oldest winery goes on the market in Gouldsboro
Mainebiz - Oregon
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The winery that became known in the 1980s for its vino made from wild blueberries is on the market for $1.795 million. Also said to be Maine’s oldest winery, Bartlett Maine Estate Winery was established in 1983 by Bob and Kathe Bartlett, whose...
Northeastern celebrates 215 graduates during commencement ceremony in Portland, Maine
Northeastern Global News - Massachusetts
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June 16, 2025
The Class of 2025 included master’s degree recipients from 19 countries, nine U.S. states and 41 cities or towns across Maine. The fourth cohort of graduate students completed their studies at the Roux Institute in Portland, Maine, last Friday...
Maine Republicans rip spending, taxes in state budget deal
The Center Square
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June 16, 2025
(The Center Square) – Maine Republicans are criticizing a two-year, $11.3 billion state budget budget proposal that calls for raising taxes on corporations and altering the state's income tax brackets. The Democratic majority Legislature is poised...
Carl ‘Soot’ Bredhoff remembered as leader in Hawaiʻi’s ranching and cattle industry
Maui Now - Hawaii
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Carl “Soot” Bredhoff. Courtesy photo Carl “Soot” Bredhoff, a respected leader in Hawaiʻi’s ranching and cattle industry, passed away May 31 at his home in Kula. He was 90. During his career, he was active in the Maui Cattlemen’s Association,...
Maine motorcyclist dies after colliding with dump truck
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 16, 2025
A motorcyclist died Saturday evening after colliding with a dump truck in Durham. Coplin Fickett, 32, of Durham hit the truck after it exited the Jaiden Landscaping gravel pit on Hallowell Road, according to the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s...
Why did the Energy Department issue a Title IX rule?
K-12 Dive
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June 16, 2025
Some schools would no longer have to allow students to try out for a noncontact sports team that doesn't align with their gender if there is no equivalent team for their gender, under a Title IX regulation issued recently by the U.S. Department of...
Colorado's Energy czar touts costliest path to 'zero carbon' electricity
The Denver Gazette - Colorado
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Colorado Energy Office Executive Director Will Toor joined a group of "renewable" energy advocates on a press call recently, arguing that Congress should retain Inflation Reduction Act tax credits for wind, solar, and grid-scale batteries, rather...
Canadian travel boycott hurting U.S. tourism industry, northeast governors say
The Globe and Mail
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June 16, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:American and Canadian flags fly near the Palace Playland amusement park in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, in April. Many travellers who cross into the U.S. have concerns about safety or disruptions.Robert F. Bukaty/The...
Verogy and NJR Clean Energy Ventures break ground on Connecticut community solar project
Solar Power World
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June 16, 2025
Verogy, a West Hartford-based solar developer, and NJR Clean Energy Ventures (CEV), the renewable energy subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, today celebrated the groundbreaking of Glastonbury Solar One, a 3-MW community solar project located in...
Analysis: House reconciliation bill would raise Maine consumer prices
Maine Beacon
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June 16, 2025
A new analysis of what Congressional lawmakers have dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” reveals it could eliminate thousands of jobs in Maine and slow economic growth. The bill’s current language repeals multiple federal policies, funding...
Making Maine’s energy system fairer and cleaner | Anne Carney
The Portland Press Herald - Maine
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June 16, 2025
Summer is heating up here in Maine, bringing warmer weather and the need to pull out our fans and air conditioners. It also means the end of winter disconnection protections for Mainers who cannot afford their electric bills. If only it also meant...