Maine Highlands News

To Protect Maine Fisheries and Coastal Communities, Golden Introduces Bill to Prohibit Commercial Offshore Wind Energy Development in Key Fishing Grounds in the Gulf of Maine

By Maine Highlands News Report | Jun 24, 2023

Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) on June 22 announced the introduction of the Northeast Fisheries Heritage Protection Act

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Maine Highlands News area weekly mass times

By Maine Highlands News | Jun 24, 2023

The following parishes in the Maine Highlands News coverage area hold weekly mass at these designated times.

Maine’s Congressional Delegation, Governor Mills Ask Federal Agency in Charge of Offshore Wind Leasing to Listen to the Voices of Maine Fishermen

By Maine Highlands News Report | Jun 18, 2023

U.S. Senator Susan Collins and Representative Jared Golden along with Senator Angus King, Representative Chellie Pingree, and Governor Janet Mills are calling on the Biden Administration to include the views of Maine fishing communities in proposals for leasing commercial offshore wind areas in the Gulf Of Maine. In a letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the Maine leaders request that any wind development avoid key lobstering areas and urge the Bureau to “minimize all potential conflicts” between offshore wind and the fishing industry