Maine Morning Star - In fall, hoards of winter ticks latch on to New England’s moose — sometimes upward of 50,000 per adult animal. Over the course of the winter, the ticks drink their fill of blood, weakening adult moose and sometimes killing calves.
“Essentially, they get the life sucked out of them,” said Henry Jones, New Hampshire Fish and Game moose project leader.
This onslaught, bolstered by climate change, is a major factor behind the ongoing decline in the health and numbers of New Hampshire’s moose over the last two decades, Jones said. So far, researchers have been unsure how to help. But a team of New Hampshire researchers have a new hypothesis: Could the way forests are logged make moose more, or less, likely to encounter parasites?
A new study, approved to move ahead by the Governor and Executive Council on Wednesday, June 3, aims to answer that question — and determine whether a different approach to forest management could help “zombie moose” evade the parasites draining them of life and energy.
Maine Morning Star - Paul LePage, who is currently running for U.S. Congress in Maine’s 2nd District, is once again facing scrutiny over his Florida residence after one of his Democratic opponents released documents showing the wife of the Republican former governor has claimed a Florida property tax exemption since 2018.
Matt Dunlap, one of four primary candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Rep. Jared Golden’s seat, shared the documents at a Thursday press conference with reporters.
Maine Morning Star independently verified the public records, which include tax records that show a property in Ann LePage’s name has received an annual $50,000 homestead exemption from 2018 through 2025. To qualify for the homestead exemption in Florida, the property must be the owner’s permanent residence, or the permanent residence of a dependent.
Sam Smith - When I first heard Graham Platner willingly describe some of his past sins from which he had morally matured, I tried to recall, in my seven decades of covering news, when some other politician had been as decently public about their wrong doings. I have still failed to come up with an answer.
Now Platner is being accused of further sins which he denies. Was he unique but not unique enough?
Well, in the first place, you vote practically for candidates based not primarily on their personal behavior but on their political action.
Secondly, if we knew as much about all members of Congress as we now have heard allegedly about Platner he would be far less newsworthy.
Which is why this Maine voter plans to stick with Platner despite his alleged misdoings. His victory would be a tribute to his open recovery from some past wrongs and a role model for others.