🌱 How one Arundel dairy farm helped change Maine’s PFAS laws

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In today's newsletter:

• How one Arundel dairy farm helped change Maine’s PFAS laws

Also on today's calendar: Mahjong by the Sea and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Rain and drizzle in the p.m., with a high of 54 and low of 47 degrees.
• Thursday: Periods of rain, temps: high: 55, low: 47.
• Friday: Cloudy with showers around, with a high of 57 and low of 46 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Maine went all-in on the state's PFAS problem 5 years ago. What can Wisconsin learn? (wpr.org) — A contaminated dairy farm in Arundel is a central example in a new book examining how Maine tackled PFAS pollution and what other states, including Wisconsin, can learn. The interview explains how sludge-spreading devastated Fred and Laura Stone’s farm, how farmers pushed Maine lawmakers to act, and why long-term health and environmental concerns still linger despite major state investments.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Arundel

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday May 14

• PRIMAL SOUP: A TRIBUTE TO PHISH →
  Vinegar Hill Music Theatre, 53 Old Post Rd, Arundel
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday May 14

• MORNING BOOK GROUP - MAY 14 AT 9:45 →
  Louis T. Graves Memorial Library Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
  9:45 am
• BOARD GAMES! →
  Louis T. Graves Memorial Library Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
  2:00 pm
• UPCYCLED BOOK ART →
  Louis T. Graves Memorial Library Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
  5:30 pm

Friday May 15

• KCPTA meeting (after Friday Morning Meeting)
  Kennebunkport Consolidated Sch Kennebunkport, ME 04046
  9:00 am
• STORYTIME - FRIDAYS 10 AM →
  Louis T. Graves Memorial Library Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
  10:00 am
• AUTHOR JUDITH STILES →
  Louis T. Graves Memorial Library Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
  2:00 pm
• Mahjong by the Sea →
  Cape Arundel Inn & Resort, 208 Ocean Ave, Kennebunkport
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday May 13

• IB Econ paper 1
  RSU 21 SCHOOL DISTRICT Kennebunk, ME 04043
  8:00 am
• DEATH CAFE – REGISTRATION REQUIRED →
  Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport
  9:00 am
• DEATH CAFE - REGISTRATION REQUIRED
  Louis T. Graves Memorial Library Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library @ 18 Maine St, Kennebunkport, ME 04046, USA, 18 Maine Street, Kennebunkport, ME, 04046, United States
  9:00 am
• Pottery Painting, Seaglass Art & More - Open Studio at The Creative Soul →
  Biddeford Saco Chamber of Commerce and Industry The Creative Soul 2 Christensen Lane Kennebunk, ME PLENTY OF PARKING
  10:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Kennebunk

• For the 250th Anniversary of the United States, the American Flag Becomes Water in Maine Through Mateo Blanco's Poetic Vision (worldart.news)
• The Ozempic Problem: The Generative AI Norms Forming in Silence, and How Youth and Adults Can Shape Them (gettingsmart.com)
• Meet the southern Maine veterinarian who treats everything from house cats to tigers (pressherald.com)

Biddeford

• Woman accused of stealing ambulance from hospital in Biddeford (wgme.com)
• Local Spotlight: Maxwell House (sacobaynews.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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