From Revitalization News: "Here is look at a specific river restoration project where the dam was removed and a business was saved, allowing the mill building to be easily redeveloped in the future."
From the Bangor Daily News: The owners of three dams in Washington County have tried for decades to get the dams, which are part of a hydropower system, removed from federal oversight.
From the Lowell Sun: "After years of planning and permitting -- and legal challenges -- work has finally started on a renovation of the historic Pawtucket Dam."
From the Bangor Daily News: "Last week, the last piece of a years-long project to return much of the Penobscot River to a free-flowing waterway was completed with the opening of a bypass around the Howland Dam."
From the Portland Press Herald: "The decision by Kennebunk Light & Power trustees this week means the dams will stop generating hydroelectric power by 2022."
From the Bangor Daily News: "Just four years after the first dam’s removal began, there’s tangible evidence of the project’s effect: River herring, including alewives, and shad are among the fish that have made a resurgence in a relatively short time span."