BRUNSWICK (WGME) – A well at a golf course in Brunswick is contaminated with PFAS, well over levels considered safe. Maine ...

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection recently tested a well at the Mere Creek golf Course in Brunswick and found ...

One family-run farm in Downeast Maine is helping not only their local community but tackling an environmental issue.

But near that farm field in Centerville Township, the water table is often 100 feet or more below where septage is injected, ...

The confrontation between the state and the Trump Administration has intensified in recent weeks, with the U.S. Department of ...

Sean Faircloth defeated Carolyn Fish in the special general election for Maine House of Representatives District 24 on February 25, 2025. = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection ...

Over the past seven years, the Department of Defense has spent $2.6 billion to address PFAS spills, according to the report, and costs are rising. PFAS are also used in everything from nonstick ...

Last year, 1,450 gallons of PFAS-containing AFFF were accidentally released at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station in Maine. Firefighting foam has been widely used by the U.S. Navy since the 1960s.

More than 700 Department of Defense installations around ... especially near military installations that had used PFAS-laced firefighting foam known as aqueous film-forming foam.

Per the proposed agreement, Penn State would have to pay about $565,000 to DEP for response costs. Also known as a “forever chemical,” PFAS have been known to cause averse medical effects ...

AUGUSTA, Maine — It's been six months since the accidental discharge of more than 1,400 gallons of toxic firefighting foam at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. State regulators do not know where ...

Today the Maine ... the department for 18 years, lives across the street from the firehouse, where they store the foam. He said he hasn’t been trained in handling and storing toxic chemicals, and he’s ...