Today is Thursday. Temperatures will be in the high 50s to low 40s from north to south, with increasing clouds throughout the state. Here’s what we’re talking about in Maine today.
Adam Nordell and Johanna Davis were among the first Maine organic farmers to come forward about PFAS contamination. Now, instead of preparing for the spring planting, they are propelling themselves into advocacy work.
Just one foot of sea level rise means areas that flooded three or four times per year over the past decade will flood 10 to 15 times more frequently. Adding the sea level rise to a storm surge will compound potential damage.
The Portland school board shrunk from nine to six members last year after Jeff Irish resigned and Roberto Rodriguez and Anna Trevorrow won election to the City Council.
The work is being done at the request of Bay Ferries, which has a lease with the town that will allow it to dock The Cat ferry along the north side of the 66 year-old pier.