Reflecting a sense that Maine’s current property disclosures are lacking, buyers soon will have a new tool to help assess flood risks.

A law passed last month mandates sellers provide specific information about property in a flood hazard area.

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Maine’s two largest paper and pulp mills burn shredded tires for fuel, producing a zinc-heavy ash in the process.

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Monitoring weather and tides. Moving cars. Wearing boots. Adjusting business hours. Pumping water.

Portland Pier offers an early glimpse of how coastal residents and business owners may have to cope with a rising sea in the years ahead.

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The Maine Recovery Council, tasked with distributing $115M in opioid settlement funds over 17 years, is close to getting the first $9M out the door.

But those who want to apply for funding will have to wait at least another month.

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After an initial crackdown and decline, the rate of the powerful medications given to nursing home residents in Maine has ticked back up in recent years.

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Today's photo of the day is of Joy Bay, as captured by Robert Donofrio.

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Today's photo of the day comes from Theresa Kerchner and is looking toward Androscoggin Lake from Mount Pisgah.

Registered nurses and technicians at a Machias hospital will strike for two days, the union representing the group said, in protest of the administration’s “refusal to address their deep concerns about recruitment and retention.”

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Today's photo of the day was taken by Robert Donofrio.

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The number of child protection cases in Maine needing attorneys on any individual day has skyrocketed.

Meanwhile, the number of attorneys able to take cases each day has fallen from 100 in May 2022 to the mid-30s last month.

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Today's photo of the day is of Hopkins Pond, as captured by Molly Kealy.

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The proposed sale of a defunct landfill in Bucksport appears to have fallen through, prompting town officials to push for the company that owns the facility to plan to close it by 2026.

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Today's photo of the day was taken at Pittston Farm by John Hinckley.

The fate of a flood-prone stretch of road on Mount Desert Island is up in the air as state and federal agencies debate whether to repair a road that washed out repeatedly during recent storms or abandon it to the sea.

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Today's photo of the day is of Androscoggin River, as captured by Betsey Foster.

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Data shows that dozens of school districts offered minimum wages for ed techs and other support staff that did not meet the current state minimum wage.

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