Downeast Transportation replaces commuter buses
The new buses will operate on the same routes and schedules as the old ones.
Environment
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Trenton takes Monarch Pledge
The eastern monarch population has fallen by 90 percent, while less than 1 percent of the western population remains.
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Grant boosts Wallamatogus Mountain conservation effort
The Conservation Fund, a national land trust, currently owns and is holding the property for up to three years while Blue Hill Heritage Trust and Maine Coast Heritage Trust collaborate to raise the funds required to purchase the land and protect it in perpetuity.
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Clapp wins award for birding conservation
Under Clapp’s direction, the most significant conservation effort of the Downeast Chapter of Maine Audubon has been the Bluebird Trail.
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Acadia facing staff shortages
Schneider noted that Maine Sen. Angus King has introduced a bill that would allow 55 acres of park land in the Town Hill area to be used for the development of workforce housing, with 15 acres set aside for Acadia employee housing.
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Tree nursery sprouts at Jordan Homestead Preserve
ELLSWORTH — A project aimed at injecting a little bit more green around the city finally came to fruition late last month, with help from some enthusiastic volunteers. In the fall of 2021 the Frenchman Bay Conservancy, in partnership with the Ellsworth Garden Club and Green Ellsworth, broke ground on a community tree nursery at …
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Caterpillar Hill improvements planned
Representatives from all four entities met on site in May to discuss plans
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New seed lending library sprouts in Bucksport
A seed library works just like a book library only patrons are leaving their seeds in the ground to grow instead of returning them.
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Effort aims to get lead out of lakes
The association is offering several ways to exchange lead tackle for loon-safe non-lead tackle beginning Memorial Day weekend.
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Ellsworth receives Tree City designation for Arbor Week
Public invited to plant a tree
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Sun rises on city solar project
The 6,370 solar panels at the site at 69 Mariaville Road, in combination with the 5,408 panels at the second site up the road, will generate 4.8 megawatts of electricity.
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Blueberry crop could repeat 2021’s bounty
“The magic last year was June,” said wild blueberry specialist David Yarborough, a University of Maine professor emeritus of horticulture. “It rained a lot, and it rained at the perfect time. That was good for that year’s crop and also good for this year’s crop.”