Concerns about potential threats to water quality, quality of island life, and natural areas designated as "open space" on Great Diamond Island have prompted conservation and sustainable-development organizations to ask the City of Portland, ME, to uphold the agreements that allowed the original development of Diamond Cove to move forward nearly 20 years ago.

By KEVIN MILLER; OF THE NEWS STAFF Two of Maine's largest environmental organizations are endorsing a wind energy project proposed for northern Washington County.

By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News, Maine Jul. 18--Two of Maine's largest environmental organizations are endorsing a wind energy project proposed for northern Washington County.