Maine Greenhouse Day celebrates gardening
Source: Boston.com
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-05-04 06:54:18 -0700 | green-news
Maine (AP) Dozens of greenhouses, nurseries and garden centers are holding special events for the fourth annual Maine Greenhouse and Nursery Day. Activities for Saturday's event include giveaways, door prizes, demonstrations, tours, speakers and workshops to highlight the fun of...
Maine businesses speak out against highway plan
Source: The Boston Globe
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-30 10:55:02 -0700 | green-news
Maine (AP) Small Maine businesses that are worried a proposed east-west highway would siphon away cross-state traffic are taking a stand in support of six bills aimed at slowing down or killing the project. The Transportation Committee on Tuesday took...
Maine bill addresses horse slaughterhouses
Source: The Boston Globe
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-30 01:43:17 -0700 | green-news
Maine (AP) A legislative committee is holding a public hearing on a bill that would make it illegal to ship horses from or through Maine destined for slaughterhouses in Canada. The Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is holding a...
Law expands turkey hunt in Down East coastal area
Source: The Boston Globe
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-26 02:08:54 -0700 | green-news
Maine (AP) A new law will expand wild turkey hunting opportunities this spring in Down East coastal areas of Maine...Game department wildlife biologists have determined that the turkey population in that area is at a level that can withstand a...
Report: Oil use down in Maine
Source: Boston.com
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-25 02:09:09 -0700 | green-news
Maine (AP) A state Energy Office report says Maine residents have decreased their oil use by 26 percent since 2007. The report, required by state law, also finds oil consumption is down in the commercial sector by 20 percent, and...
Maine hunters to be on lookout for diseased birds
Source: The Boston Globe
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-24 02:32:38 -0700 | green-news
Maine (AP) Maine wildlife officials are asking hunters to be on the lookout for unsightly lesions on turkeys when turkey hunting season begins next week...The virus causes minor to extreme lesions on a turkey's head and legs and is thought...
Power service to Leeds, Maine, should improve
Source: The Boston Globe
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-19 02:45:04 -0700 | green-news
Maine (AP) Central Maine Power Company says it's completed work on a $1.74 million power grid project that will improve service to homes and businesses in the northern Androscoggin County town of Leeds. It's the second major project to be...
Maine wardens issue spring advisory on bears
Source: The Boston Globe
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-18 02:45:11 -0700 | green-news
Maine (AP) Maine wildlife officials are warning homeowners to remove bird feeders and other easy food targets for bears as the hungry bruins emerge from their winter dens this month. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says bears...
Gas plant eyed in area near Maine capital city
Source: The Boston Globe
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-17 15:29:39 -0700 | green-news
Maine (AP) Plans are taking shape to build a natural gas plant in the Augusta area. Maine Natural Gas says it's signed a letter of intent with Xpress Natural Gas LLC, which has operations throughout New England. Under the agreement,...
Bill would allow net fishermen to keep lobsters
Source: Boston.com
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-07 12:24:18 -0700 | green-news
Maine (AP) A large turnout is likely Monday when a legislative committee holds a public hearing on a proposed law to allow fishermen to keep lobsters they inadvertently snag in their nets in offshore waters and bring them to Portland....
Tribe, state at odds over elvers licenses in Maine
Source: The Boston Globe
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-04-01 16:11:46 -0700 | green-news
Meanwhile, the Maine Marine Patrol has stepped up enforcement. Elvers are baby eels that swim upriver each spring in Maine, and they represent a lucrative fishery. The value last year was $38 million, with fishermen averaging $2,000 a pound. The...
No change in Maine heating oil prices
Source: Belleville News-Democrat
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2012-05-06 13:44:00 -0700 | business-news
Maine energy officials say the statewide average cash price for No...The Governor's Office of Energy Independence and Security's weekly price survey on Monday finds no change since the previous Monday. Office Director Ken Fletcher says heating oil prices have been...
Maine heating oil prices down slightly
Source: Merced Sun-Star
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2012-02-13 14:49:08 -0800 | business-news
Maine residents who use oil to heat their homes are getting a little relief. The governor's Office of Energy Independence and Security reports that the statewide average cash price for No...The lowest prices were in western portions of the state...
Maine area opened to bow hunting
Source: The Boston Globe
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2011-10-31 15:06:36 -0700 | political-news
Maine Maine's Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is opening the Marsh Island area in Old Town and Orono to archery hunting for whitetail deer during this year's season. The plan approved by the department's Advisory Council opens the area...
Study says more Maine wood can be harvested
Source: The Boston Globe
Augusta :: ME :: USA | updated 2011-10-24 02:45:28 -0700 | political-news
Maine A new study says harvest levels of Maine's spruce and fir trees can be increased significantly over the next 20 years while inventory levels remain steady. The report by Old Town natural-resource consulting firm James W. Sewall Co. examines...
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