AUGUSTA, Maine, May 29 -- The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry issued the following news: The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry's (DACF) Maine Forest Service (MFS) has been awarded two Community Wildfire Defense Grants (CWDG) to support at-risk communities in Northern and Downeast Maine. These grants, totaling $258,000 ($141,000 and $117,000, respectively), will safeguard homes, businesses, forestland, and infrastructure from catastrophic wildfires.  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, May 29 (TNSres) -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following statement on May 28, 2024: * * * Governor Janet Mills released the following statement today on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)'s offer of a research lease to the State for a floating offshore wind research array in the Gulf of Maine: "Offshore wind offers our state a tremendous opportunity to harness abundant clean energy in our own backyard, to create good-paying jobs and drive economic developme more PR

BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine, May 29 -- The Maine Maritime Academy issued the following news release on May 28, 2024: Today, Maine Maritime Academy (MMA), one of the United States' foremost maritime colleges offering degrees in engineering, science, management, and transportation, announced a $50,000 grant from L.L.Bean in support of the schooner Bowdoin's return voyage to the Arctic for the first time since 2008. In celebration of the grant and the Bowdoin's departure on May 29, MMA hosted an in-per more PR