The recent proposal would increase fees for non-residential beach passes to $180 and limit them to just over 400 total.

Town leaders in Scarborough, Maine, are considering a proposal to increase non-resident beach pass fees as they grapple with a surge in demand in recent years, NEWS CENTER Maine reports. Currently, Scarborough offers non-resident beach passes for $150.

"There are a lot of days where the mail isn’t getting delivered on some routes, and it’s starting to build up," one letter carrier said.

A state lawmaker has submitted an after-deadline bill to create a state-funded, no-interest loan program to help Maine farmers struggling to survive a federal funding freeze that has left them on the hook for at least $1 million in unreimbursed expenses.