Matthew Jaroncyk

Aug 26, 2024 | mynews13.com | Matthew Jaroncyk

One of the oldest Gifford’s Ice Cream stands across the state will be shutting its doors. The company announced on Facebook Wednesday that its Farmington stand will be permanently closed to the public. “We explored every possible option, but after many months of deliberation, our family made the heartbreaking decision to close the stand,” the company wrote on its Facebook page. The stand opened in 1982 as Gifford’s second ice cream stand in Maine.

Aug 13, 2024 | mynews13.com | Matthew Jaroncyk

Mike Ballin and Luke Diehl are on a mission to help protect the ocean while catching its waves. With their startup company Blueprint Surf Co., they take old fishing nets and create eco-friendly surfboards. The purpose, they say, is to create sustainable surfboards while minimizing their carbon footprint. “Surfboards are made from all petroleum-based products,” said Ballin. “Surfing is one of those sports that you’re in Mother Nature, in the ocean the whole time.

May 16, 2024 | mynews13.com | Matthew Jaroncyk

Maine’s credit rating has jumped to the second-highest rating. Moody’s Investors Service, the global ratings company that analyzes and provides ratings to the government, upgraded the state’s credit rating from Aa2 to Aa1 according to a press release sent from the governor’s office. In an interview with Spectrum News, state Treasurer Henry Beck says the state’s credit rating is like a credit score. A better credit rating improves how much money the state can borrow, according to Beck.

Apr 25, 2024 | foxbangor.com | Matthew Jaroncyk

AUGUSTA -- Algae blooms can be very dangerous. Once it starts taking over and if left untreated, it eventually can squeeze much needed oxygen from its ecosystem. It can also be very dangerous for humans and animals if the algae is consumed or touched, sometimes causing prolong illnesses and symptoms including stomach pain, headaches and liver damage. To prevent this, Worromontogus Lake Association helped fund a chemical treatment for Togus Pond that would help eliminate these blooms.

Apr 24, 2024 | foxbangor.com | Matthew Jaroncyk

CASTINE -- On April 13, Aidan Connelly was traveling along Interstate 295 past the West Gardiner Service Plaza when he saw something in the road you'd never expect: an injured bald eagle. "It looked like a piece of trash, a trash bag had fallen out of the back of someone's bed of a truck or something," said Connelly. Experts attending to the eagle's injuries say the bird was hit by a car at a rate of 70 miles per hour.