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Former University of Maine Professor Andrew Egan has written a new book, "Haywire: Discord in Maine's Logging Woods And The Unraveling of an Industry." It's about the threats, both physical and financial, that have faced Maine loggers for decades.

While the data are so far limited, there do appear to be a few spots where sharks are gathering.

The Maine Suffrage Centennial Collaborative has been erecting seven roadside markers to honor the Mainers who helped win the right to vote for women.

A group called "Up for Growth" released a study last month that found Maine was about 9,000 affordable housing units short in 2019. The Portland-South Portland region alone was said to be some 8,000 affordable housing units short.

The National Freedom of Information Coalition and the Native American Journalists Association are among five organizations receiving grants from the Societ

Maine is just now beginning to see impacts from the infrastructure bill passed by Congress last year. The measure promises to significantly boost federal spending on roads, bridges, rail, water projects, and broadband internet, among other things.

That service resumes on Thursday, when the CAT runs between Bar Harbor and Yarmouth. Mood spoke with Morning Edition host Irwin Gratz about the visitors her city has missed.

Bill Nemitz, a longtime columnist for the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, announced his retirement this week. Morning Edition host Irwin Gratz spoke with Nemitz about his career in Maine journalism.

Democratic State Sen. Chloe Maxmin has won two legislative races in rural, overwhelmingly Republican districts. In a New York Times essay published this week, and a book coming out next week, Maxmin says Democrats are losing those districts because the party has willfully abandoned them.

Portlanders will vote on the proposed charter changes in November.