Don’t be afraid; be alert. That’s the advice of public health officials, doctors and veterinarians around Maine about the threats of mosquito-borne West Nile virus and eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE.

Some hailed her as a prophet of the environmental movement; others disparaged her work as alarmist and lacking scientific rigor.

For those who read Rachel Carson’s 1962 bestseller, “Silent Spring,” its impact often is not an abstract concept.

For those who read Rachel Carson’s 1962 bestseller, “Silent Spring,” its impact often is not an abstract concept.

It might come as no surprise in Brownville, but heavy rain and snowstorms have been getting worse in Maine for years.

If you’re one of those people who believes there are more mosquitoes and other insects this summer than in the past, their proliferation might be explained by another creature’s demise: In Maine and elsewhere in the United States and Canada, there are far fewer bats.

If you’re one of those people who believes there are more mosquitoes and other insects this summer than in the past, their proliferation might be explained by another creature’s demise: In Maine and elsewhere in the United States and Canada, there are far fewer bats.