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Coastal towns, businesses contemplate whether to rebuild or retreat

On Jan. 10, as salt water swirled around the Machias town office, which sits nearly level with the Middle River just northwest of Machias Bay, Town Manager Bill Kitchen was

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Coastal towns, businesses, question whether to rebuild or retreat after January storms

In Machias, officials still haven't returned to the town office and aren't sure if they ever should.

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Coastal Maine towns, businesses question whether to rebuild or retreat after January storms

In Machias, officials still haven't returned to the town office and aren't sure if they ever should.

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Maine's coastal towns contemplate whether to rebuild or retreat

The January storms left many questions, as well as damages, in their wakes.

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Coastal towns, businesses contemplate whether to rebuild or retreat

Winter storms caused millions in damages to Maine communities, and many are still struggling to rebuild after intense flooding.

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What's for sale in Washington County?

President’s Day was established to celebrate our first president, George Washington.

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There's federal money to shield communities from disasters. Why isn't Maine getting more of it?

When Professor Tora Johnson and her University of Maine at Machias team were preparing an application for a federal grant to help fund a seawall and berms to protect low-lying downtown Machias from floods, it seemed they had a project that fit...

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Coastal News Today | ME - There's federal money to shield communities from disasters. Why isn't Maine getting more of it?

Maine, with its thousands of miles of serpentine coastline and communities highly vulnerable to flooding and storms, would seem the perfect candidate for FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants, an umbrella of awards aimed at making towns and cities more resilient to natural disasters and less reliant on federal funding when calamities do strike. But communities aren’t applying for the funding — and when they do, few are successful.

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Maine Monitor: There's federal money to shield communities from disasters. Why isn't Maine getting more of it?

By Kate Cough, The Maine Monitor November 25, 2023 Maine, with its thousands of miles of serpentine coastline and communities highly vulnerable to flooding and storms, would seem the perfect candidate for FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants, an umbrella of awards aimed at making towns and cities more resilient to natural disasters and less reliant

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There's federal money to shield communities from disasters. Why isn't Maine getting more of it?

Small cities and towns face many challenges when it comes to applying for grants, including being unaware of the programs in the first place.

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