Scenic section of Down East trail reopens
The Down East Sunrise Trail was rendered impassable at the Machias dike because of January's twin storms.
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Scenic section of Down East trail reopens
One of the most beloved and beautiful stretches of the Down East Sunrise Trail reopened this week, months after being hit by winter storms.
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Maine's aging wastewater facilities adjust to meet new challenges
From Kittery to Eastport, communities are elevating wastewater tanks and buildings and making other changes to protect them from sea-level rise.
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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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