Penelope Overton writes about the lobster and marijuana industries in Maine, a mix of the iconic and the emerging, the economic powerhouse and the mysterious darkhorse. Just the right mix of old and new for a Maine transplant. Penny joined the Press Herald in 2016. She has covered politics and government, the environment and Indian Country in Florida, Connecticut, Arizona and Washington, D.C. Her favorite stories are when she gets to dive into a world where readers seldom venture. When she’s not newspapering, Penny and her young daughter like to hike, body surf, travel and explore new books, places, poems and people. She is plovertonpph on both Instagram and Snapchat.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2023
Maine regulators signal support for new clean car rules
The Board of Environmental Protection narrowly supports proposed electric car standards, but balks at similar rules for trucks. A final vote won’t be taken until after board staff responds to more than a thousand public comments about the proposed rule.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2023
Maine farmers join in plea for federal help at national PFAS conference
Fred Stone, of Arundel, and 3 other Maine farmers address a gathering in Michigan focusing on forever chemicals in agriculture.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2023
Right whale population levels off after steep decline, but threats remain
A new estimate of the number of surviving North Atlantic right whales indicates that the population has hovered around 350 animals for 3 years.
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PublishedOctober 23, 2023
A warming Gulf Stream is edging ever closer to shore
The shifting current may cause breakaway areas of warm water that raise temperatures in the Gulf of Maine for months at a time, a study finds.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2023
Canadian company makes 2nd bid for zinc mine near Katahdin
Wolfden Chase Mtn. LLC says that Pickett Mountain has the country’s largest undeveloped reserves of a type of ore that contains high-grade zinc and smaller but still commercially valuable amounts of copper, lead, silver and gold.
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PublishedOctober 15, 2023
As Maine warms, scientists search for tree species that will keep its forests growing
Some are experimenting with assisted forest migration, relocating trees from more southerly habitats that might do well in Maine as temperatures rise and drive out native species.
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PublishedOctober 13, 2023
Native Mainer leads Jerusalem Post’s wartime coverage
David Brinn, who grew up in Portland, is the managing editor of Israel’s largest English-language daily newspaper.
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PublishedOctober 11, 2023
Hundreds attend solidarity vigil for Israel in Portland
At the same time as the event supporting Israel, a ‘Free Palestine’ rally in Monument Square drew about 60 demonstrators protesting the Israeli government’s military strikes on Gaza.
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PublishedOctober 10, 2023
UMaine developing interactive tool to track PFAS nationwide
A university team is creating a tracker that strives to connect state and federal testing data back to the likely source of contamination, note the potential impacts on food and water supplies and map out how PFAS travels through the environment.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2023
Grandson of Bangor teacher and former state senator among those killed by Hamas
Howard Trotsky’s grandson Aryeh Ziering was a captain with the Israel Defense Forces.
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