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4 days ago | 
bangordailynews.com | Ari Snider
On Verona Island, at the end of a dirt road, a couple dozen wizened apple trees stand sentry in a grassy field sloping down to the river. To the untrained eye, it’s a bunch of old trees. To apple historian John Bunker, it’s a treasure trove of living history. “Apple varieties that were grown commonly in Maine, 100 to 200, to 250, years ago,” Bunker said. Cultivars such as the Tolman Sweet, Yellow Bell Flower and Transcendent Crabapple.
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5 days ago | 
mainepublic.org | Ari Snider
On Verona Island, at the end of a dirt road, a couple dozen wizened apple trees stand sentry in a grassy field sloping down to the river. To the untrained eye, it's a bunch of old trees. To apple historian John Bunker, it's a treasure trove of living history. "Apple varieties that were grown commonly in Maine, 100 to 200, to 250, years ago," Bunker said. Cultivars such as the Tolman Sweet, Yellow Bell Flower, and Transcendent Crabapple.
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1 week ago | 
bangordailynews.com | Ari Snider
More than a hundred people rallied outside Portland City Hall Friday morning, calling for the release of two Brazilian men who were arrested by Border Patrol near Portland earlier this week. According to friends and family members, Marcos Henrique and Lucas Segobia were detained by Border Patrol following a traffic stop on Memorial Day by Maine State Police and held at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.
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1 week ago | 
mainepublic.org | Ari Snider
Rapidly growing turf algae are effectively waging chemical warfare on kelp forests in the Gulf of Maine, according to a new study from researchers at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences and the University of Maine. Lead author Shane Farrell said the algae have proliferated due to warming waters, and are releasing chemicals that make it harder for kelp to survive.
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1 week ago | 
bangordailynews.com | Ari Snider
A federal judge is blocking the government — for now — from deporting a Maine resident who says he has been held unlawfully by ICE at the Cumberland County Jail since September. On Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine filed a petition asking a judge to release Eyidi Ambila, originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who has been in ICE custody for eight months since completing a sentence for two misdemeanor charges.
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1 week ago | 
mainepublic.org | Ari Snider |Carol Bousquet
A federal judge is blocking the government — for now — from deporting a Maine resident who says he'd been held unlawfully by ICE at the Cumberland County Jail since September. On Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine filed a petition asking a judge to release Eyidi Ambila, originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who has been in ICE custody for eight months since completing a sentence for two misdemeanor charges.
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1 week ago | 
bangordailynews.com | Ari Snider
The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine is asking a court to release a Maine resident they say is being held unlawfully by ICE at the Cumberland County Jail. Eyidi Ambila, originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been in ICE custody since September, after completing a sentence for two misdemeanor charges. Carol Garvan, with the ACLU, said ICE has stopped communicating with Ambila about his case, violating his due process rights.
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2 weeks ago | 
mainepublic.org | Ari Snider
The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine is asking a court to release a Maine resident they say is being held unlawfully by ICE at the Cumberland County Jail. Eyidi Ambila, originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been in ICE custody since September, after completing a sentence for two misdemeanor charges. Carol Garvan, with the ACLU, said ICE has stopped communicating with Ambila about his case, violating his due process rights.
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2 weeks ago | 
mainepublic.org | Amy Bracken |Ari Snider
According to the United Nations, gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than a million people. That’s contributed to an estimated near-doubling of the population in the country’s second largest city. Which has placed a big strain on local healthcare, also hit by the loss of funding from the U.S.A small Maine-based nonprofit, which has operated for years in Haiti, is stepping up to help meet the growing need for health services.
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2 weeks ago | 
mainepublic.org | Ari Snider
The Wells Police Department is pausing its agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, while state lawmakers consider a bill that would ban state and local agencies from entering into such contracts. Chief Jo-Ann Putnam told the town select board last night she would take a wait and see approach, and tried to address local concerns about partnering with ICE. "At no point was there ever any intent on doing proactive immigration enforcement," Putnam said.
