Maine News

October 10, 2025 - How Islesboro and other Maine islands could combat ticks

October 8, 2025 - What Life is Like on a Maine Island Battered by Tick-Borne Diseases

July 16, 2025 - Senators Collins, Smith, King Introduce Bill to Combat Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases
See section on continued state funding for tick-borne disease treatment, research, and clinical trials currently ongoing in Maine for a vaccine for humans.

May 13, 2025 - A Potentially Life-Threatening Disease Caused by Ticks Is Expanding to New Parts of America

May 13, 2025 - A Potentially Life-Threatening Disease Caused by Ticks Is Expanding to New Parts of America

August 27, 2024 - The case of the poisoned trees in Maine accelerates a movement to beef up local environmental laws across the state

June 22, 2024 - As Worcester Holdings sprays pines with pesticide, Addison residents call for moratorium

May 1, 2022 - Maine is first in the nation to ban spreading of PFAS sludge and compost

November 16, 2021 - The pesticide ban movement gains momentum

September 15, 2021 - How we won the battle against insects, and lost the war

June 11, 2021 - Governor Mills signs bill restricting bee-killing neonicotinoids into law

July 14, 2020 - Rockland pesticide control law gets initial OK

March 9, 2020 - Rockland pesticide law eyed for future vote

January 31, 2020 - Voters will decide whether to ban pesticides in Blue Hill