Prescription rates for opioid painkillers dropped in all but Kennebec County while staying basically flat in Somerset, Washington and Lincoln counties from 2010 to 2015.
Before you set out with explosive Fourth of July plans, check this map to see just where fireworks are legal to use.
Maine emergency rooms have seen the impact of the state’s opioid crisis more acutely than anywhere but Massachusetts.
About half of Americans plan to gather around a grill sometime over the three-day weekend, according to the Portland-based Digital Research Group.
In line with past patterns, background check requests from Maine gun dealers spiked in June, following the country’s deadliest mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Maine background checks for handguns jumped about 18 percent in June, compared with one year earlier. More striking is the longer-term rise in handgun permit requests. Using a 12-month moving average, background checks for […]
There are so many ways to be upset by the horrific terrorist attack in Orlando early Sunday morning. If you’re not looking for more ways, then perhaps this post isn’t for you. In the wake of the country’s deadliest mass shooting, shares of gunmakers Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger were up by 6 and 8 […]
Acadia and the National Park Service both turn 100 this year, providing a time to reflect on what the chronicler of American life Ken Burns dubbed “America’s Best Idea.” While a hearty “best idea” or “worst idea” debate goes on today in Millinocket and East Millinocket (follow Nick Sambides for coverage), the anniversary gives occasion for exploring visitor […]
Winter, we meet again. Caribou got about 3.5 inches of snow Monday, with about 7 inches reported from a weather station at Loring, as of 8:30 this morning. That’s an unprecedented amount for this late in the year, according to the National Weather Service’s Caribou station. 3.5" snow at the office now, the most on record for […]
By Monday afternoon, Grand Lake Stream ended up with the state’s top snowfall reading, by a particularly precise preliminary reading. The Washington County plantation posted snowfall of 10.1 inches by about 4 p.m., as many areas around the state recorded about 8-10 inches during the storm that passed through the state on the second day of spring. The bulk of the storm hit coastal communities, […]
Southern Piscataquis County towns logged the most snowfall over the storm that crossed the state Monday and Tuesday, according to National Weather Service totals. That inland portion of the state got the later portion of the storm, getting as much as 9.6 inches in East Sangerville, overtaking towns along the coast and Downeast. By Tuesday morning, East Machias had the top […]
