Survey finds Maine lobster fishers remain wary of whale conservation measures, but optimistic for industry

A recently released survey of Maine lobster harvesters and processers found the industry remains worried that right whale conservation measures will impact their business, although roughly half of respondents expressed optimism for the fishery’s...

The Maine Monitor and NOTUS team up to cover Maine’s congressional delegation in D.C.

To break a longstanding trend in Maine’s media industry, The Maine Monitor is partnering with NOTUS to support a correspondent based in Washington, D.C., who will report on Maine’s congressional delegation and how their decisions are impacting the...

New ‘Spot’ Opening In Downtown Bangor Featuring Ice Cream, Snacks And Maine Made Products

They had me at ice cream. But then they locked in when I learned they had a vintage Slush Puppy machine! If you hadn't noticed yet, there's a new little 'spot' to grab a snack, a frozen treat, and some cool locally made products while you're...

The Number of Millionaires in Maine Might Surprise You

While it’s fun to guesstimate and speculate, a recent report gives us a clear picture of just how many millionaires call Maine home. They always say that your first million is the hardest to reach, and for those who achieve it, it’s a huge...

When does daylight saving time just end permanently? Here's the holdup

Many Americans wish to end the biannual clock changes, but are divided on whether to permanently adopt daylight saving time or standard time. Florida passed a law in 2018 to make daylight saving time permanent, but the change requires an act of...

A Pomologist’s 50-Year Mission to Revive Maine’s Heritage-Apple Varieties Is Bearing Fruit

A couple of years ago, one of the rarest apple trees in North America was discovered in Ron and Jeanne Russell’s Verona Island backyard. Perched crookedly on a hill overlooking the Penobscot River, the Drap D’Or de Bretagne, or Golden Cloth of...

Maine’s Food Pantries Struggle with Volunteer Shortage

By ELAINE APPLETON GRANT The Maine Monitor WINTERPORT, Maine (AP) — Phylis Allen spends her days looking for things. She searches for potatoes at Sam’s Club, cheap beets and ginger at Walmart and a local grocery store. She studies the weekly...

Maine High Schoolers Explore Navy STEM Careers via VR Simulations

In a quiet corner of Maine, high school students are stepping into the future of military recruitment and education, donning virtual reality headsets to explore careers in the U.S. Navy. At Sanford High School, a recent event transformed a typical...

Climbing to New Heights: a Maine Bound feature

By Joe Lazaro on October 6, 2025 If you have a love of the outdoors or rockclimbing, you have to give Maine Bound Adventure Center a try. Maine Bound Adventure Center is the University of Maine’s comprehensive outdoor program. They provide rental...

INTEL FROM THE IVORY TOWER: Scientific Evidence Of Gerrymandering

Texas conducted an unusual mid-decade redrawing of Congressional districts for the state. California responded in kind with a ballot measure to temporarily suspend their independent-commission-drawn districts. The debate over how the people are to...

Maine's longer, hotter summers are reshaping our natural world

When she looks at the Narraguagus River, Valerie Ouellet sees what others can't: a thermal mosaic that explains why it's one of the last places in America where wild Atlantic salmon come to spawn. This 55-mile-long waterway in Downeast Maine is a...

Maine’s rural nursing crisis prompts new Down East program

Five years after the onset of the pandemic, the only hospital that still delivers babies in Washington County continues to rely on travel nurses to fill its staffing gaps. The nursing shortage has eased a little since 2020, but the situation is...

Inside the talks that led a contaminated Maine compost plant to be shut down

Tests that confirmed Maine’s largest composting plant had contaminated wetlands more than 2 miles away with “forever chemicals” shined a light on the broad extent of its pollution and likely hastened its closure. Casella Waste Management, the...

40 Under 40: Christina Consigli builds opportunities for Maine through teamwork

Greatest achievement: Personally, there is no greater achievement than my two girls. They’re my greatest gifts and it’s the honor of my life to get to watch them grow and experience the world. Professionally, as a builder, completing a complex and...

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say

On Tuesday, a Christian legal group will urge the US supreme court to overturn a ban on anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy” in a case that could erode protections for transgender and queer youth across the country. Lawyers from Alliance Defending...

Maine’s food pantries stare down volunteer shortage while anticipating cuts

WINTERPORT, Maine (AP) — Phylis Allen spends her days looking for things. She searches for potatoes at Sam’s Club, cheap beets and ginger at Walmart and a local grocery store. She studies the weekly inventory from Good Shepherd, Maine’s only food...

Rustad to deliver Wilde Distinguished Lecture in Forest and Wildland Soils

Lindsey Rustad, a faculty associate with the University of Maine School of Forest Resources and a retired research ecologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, will present the Sergei A. Wilde Distinguished Lectureship in...

‘Oldest, poorest, sickest’: Inside Maine’s elderly gun suicide crisis

It’s a hard-hit region in a hard-hit state: More older Mainers died by gun suicide than they did in car crashes over that period. The overall gun suicide rate in Maine was 16 per 100,000. The numbers represent a troubling trend playing out in...

The Black Women Driving a Food Revolution in Rural Mississippi

This story was originally published by Capital B. Sowing Resilience: Rural communities across the country are grappling with food insecurity. Schoolchildren, seniors, grocers and even farmers face a food crisis compounded by government cuts and...

Here’s what you need to know about Maine’s two ballot questions this November

Mainers will see two big questions on the ballot this year: one about election procedures, and one about a potential red flag law. Maine citizens can put proposed legislation directly before voters through a process called a citizen initiative....