DOT is offering two new design concepts. A bypass is not an option in either proposal.

Not only did Bucksport lose the paper mill business and jobs that sustained its economy and tax base when Verso closed its operation there, but the mill itself will be scrapped and hauled away. In that fate lies opportunity, tied to the town’s status as a port community.

The Harbor Watch Inn on Swan’s Island has partnered with Tesla Motors and installed a charging station for electric cars.

On the map of the Penobscot watershed, which was used throughout the venue that hosted Penobscot Watershed Conference on April 9, the image looms even larger. Rain falling near both the Quebec and the New Brunswick borders could end up in the river and bay. Almost all of the I-95 corridor north of Bangor lies within the watershed.

A booming lobster resource, combined with a trend toward larger boats with more horsepower and the latest advances in navigational electronics, has an increasing number of Maine’s lobster fishermen heading further offshore.

Nearly 90 percent of the seafood consumed in America is imported, half of which is farmed.

As with timber and granite, we have learned that global connections based on a single commodity are tenuous at best…

The state’s Maine Coastal Program is seeking applications for a new round of coastal grants for fiscal year 2017. The grants are for municipal and regional projects in Maine’s coastal zone.

“All these folks in the tourism industry want you. You represent that quintessential experience,” said Natalie Springuel of Maine Sea Grant.