AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 15 -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023: With Lee lurking in the Atlantic, Verizon's team is working to ensure its people and assets are ready to be deployed at a moment's notice to assist with rapid recovery efforts of critical communications infrastructure. With the potential for flooding and power loss along the northeastern sea wall and specifically in northeastern Maine, Verizon's network te more PR

WATERVILLE, Maine, Sept. 14 -- Colby College issued the following news: Colby is delighted to report the election of six dynamic leaders to its Board of Trustees. These individuals will lend their expertise and experience in education, philanthropy, business, and the arts to the board. Individually and as part of the entire board, they will support the mission of the College to enable each student to find and fulfill their own unique potential, becoming imaginative and critical thinkers capabl more PR

ORONO, Maine, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: University of Maine postdoctoral scholar Manisha Choudhary is researching ways to eradicate toxic so-called "forever chemicals" known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, and training other students thanks to support from L.L.Bean. The outdoor goods retailer based in Freeport, Maine gifted a two-year, $150,000 endowment for Choudhary's work as the L.L.Bean Postdoctoral Scholar. The gift i more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 15 -- The Maine Democratic Party issued the following statement on Sept. 14, 2023: * * * After recent antisemitic, racist, and homophobic disruptions at City Council proceedings across Maine, most recently on September 11th, 2023, in the cities of Bangor and Hallowell, Maine Democratic Party Chair Bev Uhlenhake and Vice Chair Julian Rogers released the following statement: "The hateful comments made at City Council meetings in Bangor, Biddeford, Hallowell, Rockland, and  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 15 -- The Maine Department of Education issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2023: The Maine Department of Education (DOE) announced a new climate education professional development grant opportunity today to support the growth of climate education throughout the state, especially in underserved communities. This $1.8 million grant initiative was designed out of LD 1902, which was passed by the legislature in 2022 to establish a pilot program to encourage climate more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 14 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: Governor Janet Mills announced today that her Administration has awarded $3.7 million in grant funding through her Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan to advance projects that will restore access to vital habitat for the state's sea-run fish species. The Maine Department of Marine Resources has awarded funding to 12 projects that include the construction of fishways, removal of obsolete structure more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 14 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: Rep. Scott Landry, D-Farmington, earned the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine 2023 Presidents Award for Legislative Service. The award was announced at the organizations annual banquet on Sept. 9. "As a lifetime member of the Sportsmans Alliance of Maine and lifelong outdoorsman, I have been proud to work with SAM on our shared goals of protecting our states outdoor heritage and acting as good stewards of our  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 14 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2023: Rep. Scott Landry, D-Farmington, earned the Sportsman's Alliance of Maine 2023 Presidents Award for Legislative Service. The award was announced at the organizations annual banquet on Sept. 9. "As a lifetime member of the Sportsmans Alliance of Maine and lifelong outdoorsman, I have been proud to work with SAM on our shared goals of protecting our states outdoor heritage and acting as goo more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 15 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order approving requests for standard offer proposals (No. 2023-00092) on Sept. 13, 2023: * * * MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, Standard Offer Bidding Procedure for Central Maine Power (all classes), Versant Power-Bangor Hydro District (all classes), and Versant Power-Maine Public District (all classes) ORDER APPROVING REQUESTS FOR STANDARD OFFER PROPOSALS BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commission more PR

HALLOWELL, Maine, Sept. 15 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release: The Maine Public Utilities Commission (Commission) issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for retail electricity standard offer service for all customer classes in the territories of Central Maine Power (CMP), Versant Power-Bangor Hydro District (BHD) and Versant Power - Maine Public District (MPD). The Commission is seeking proposals for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2024. Initial propo more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 15 -- The Maine Senate Democrats issued the following news on Sept. 14, 2023: On Wednesday, a settlement reached between the ACLU of Maine and the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services (MCILS) in a class-action lawsuit failed to gain approval by the court. In response, Sen. Anne Carney, D-Cape Elizabeth, who chairs the Legislature's Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary, issued the following statement reaffirming her commitment to the rights of Mainers: "All Maine more PR

ORONO, Maine, Sept. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Indigenous communities worldwide are facing the effects of climate changes, threats to their food supplies and the potential destruction of historically and culturally significant places. Using Indigenous knowledge and Western science, University of Maine faculty will devise new ways to tackle these pressing issues through a new research center based at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. UMaine more PR

ORONO, Maine, Sept. 15 (TNSres) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: University of Maine ecology professor Brian McGill helped discover that the average body sizes of fish are shrinking as part of an international project with 16 other researchers. The team, led by University of York macroecologist Ines Martins, analyzed the body size trends of numerous plants and animals worldwide from 1960-2020 using data from the BioTIME database. While size trends varied across or more PR