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A native of Northeast Harbor, Durlin E. Lunt Jr. has lived in Mount Desert all his life. PHOTO COURTESY OF BRIAN SWARTZ
Town treasurer job upgraded
MOUNT DESERT The Board of Selectmen has approved Town Manager Durlin Lunt’s recommendation to upgrade the position of treasurer/tax collector to director of finance/treasurer. That action reverses a decision made in 2011 when, Lunt said, it had become hard to find someone who was capable or willing to take on the extra responsibilities of finance director.
Now, however, he told the board, “As governmental finance continues to evolve in complexity, the time has come to return to the finance director model.”
Lawsuit Seeks Update of Crucial Population Data for Marine Mammals courthousenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courthousenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
But the hefty marine mammals are an endangered species, leading federal officials to look for non-lethal deterrents.
The National Marine Fisheries is proposing fisherman shoot the endangered seals with paintballs and sponge grenades.
However, the notion has sparked fury among animal rights advocates, with some calling the proposal horrid and that it would encourage more abuse against the endangered seals.
The agency says it is now reviewing comments from the public, and the response has been overwhelmingly negative.
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A Hawaiian monk seal resting on the beach on Kauai, Hawaii. There are only about 1,100 left but new nonlethal methods to deter the massive marine mammals have been met with resistance
TORONTO Scientists have identified a new baleen whale species living in the Gulf of Mexico, and it is already considered endangered. Named “Rice’s whale,” the species can reach up to 42 feet in length and lives in the warm waters of the Gulf all year round, according to a study. The whale was previously known as a “Bryde’s whale” but the study explains that due to morphological differences in the skull and differing genetic data, scientists realized it is a completely new species. They are also critically endangered, as the study suggests there may be fewer than 100 Rice’s whales alive in the wild.