AUGUSTA, Maine, March 19 -- The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry issued the following news on March 18, 2024: The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) announced today that the Fund to Address PFAS Contamination (PFAS Fund) is accepting applications for assistance from commercial farms impacted by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination. The $60 million PFAS Fund was established by Governor Mills with bipartisan legislative suppo more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 12 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2024-00037): * * * MAHOOSUC LAND TRUST, Request for Approval of Public Interest Payphone ORDER BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY By this Order, the Commission approves the request by the Mahoosuc Land Trust (the Trust) to place a Public Interest Payphone (PIP) at the trailhead parking lot of the Step Falls Preserve in Newry, Maine. II. BACKGROUND In 2005, the Main more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, March 13 -- The Maine Public Utilities Commission issued the following order (No. 2024-00035): * * * YARMOUTH WATER DISTRICT, Request for Certification under 35-A M.R.S. Sec. 1101(4) ORDER BARTLETT, Chair; SCULLY and GILBERT, Commissioners I. SUMMARY By this Order issued by the Director of Telephone and Water Utility Industries the Commission certifies, pursuant to 35-A M.R.S. Sec. 1101(4), that the lease between the Yarmouth Water District (the District) and Branch Renewab more PR

ORONO, Maine, March 19 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: When Noah Lambert of Bar Harbor enrolled at the University of Maine, launching a giant balloon 90,000 feet in the air to livestream a total solar eclipse wasn't an activity he imagined being able to do during his college career. For the past year, Lambert and nine other undergraduate and graduate students have been designing and testing camera, data collection, control and tracking systems for an April 8 ball more PR

ORONO, Maine, March 19 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Since her hire as president of the University of Maine in 2018, Joan Ferrini-Mundy has overseen one of UMaine's largest periods of growth in engineering and computing. Mainebiz selected Ferrini-Mundy as a 2024 Business Leader of the Year and highlighted her achievements in a Q&A, including the unveiling of Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center and the upcoming Factory of the Future. Ferrini-Mundy sai more PR