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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. By Elizabeth Walztoni, Bangor Daily News Staff A number of agriculture-related laws passed this year were geared toward farmers, such as new rules for salmonella prevention, and monitoring at commercial egg farms; support for well-drilling to respond to droughts; and a new task force finding ways to support the state’s dairy industry.
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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff The children of the legendary Maine singer-songwriter David Mallett recalled their father as a man fiercely devoted to the things he loved: his music, his family, and his home state of Maine.
Penobscot County may pay $2.5M to board inmates at other jails
38 分钟之前 · By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — Penobscot County could pay hundreds of thousands of dollars more a year to send inmates to other jails across the state after the facilities raised their costs. People are “boarded out” to other county jails when the Penobscot County Jail is at or near its state-mandated capacity of 157 people.
8 Maine politicians to watch in 2025 -Piscataquis Observer
4 天之前 · By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff The year 2024 was a busy one for politics in Maine, with high-stakes elections, legislative responses to the Lewiston mass shooting and local housing debates among the many notable events. 2025 may feel slower with no major elections on tap, but there are plenty of developments in store as the Maine Legislature returns in January for a new session and ...
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By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine lawmakers have plenty of work ahead of them in 2025 to tackle a projected transportation funding shortfall, with a $100 million bond and other tax changes potentially on the table. How to increase sustained funding for Maine’s roads and bridges has resulted in debates and disagreements for years.
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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. By Erin Rhoda, Bangor Daily News Staff Investigations into the Oxford County sheriff over the last year drew public attention to how he traded guns from the evidence room to a local gun store without seeking permission from the original gun owners, keeping financial records of the deal or telling officials responsible for finances about it.
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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine had near-record bear and deer seasons and a successful moose hunt in 2024, according to biologists from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and …
Maine is leading in this energy field with wide support ahead of …
2024年12月16日 · By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine is finalizing the next phase of its ambitious plans for energy storage, a renewable avenue that is becoming more important amid President-elect Donald Trump being poised to stall clean energy projects. Long-term energy storage facilities often feature nondescript box-like structures that are actually large batteries that absorb excess energy from ...
Maine’s drought situation is getting worse -Piscataquis Observer
2024年12月17日 · By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Without much rain in the last few weeks, Maine is slowly drying up. Approximately 85 percent of the state is in a moderate drought, with the exception of southern York County, which is in extreme drought, and about 7 percent in the northwestern-most part of Maine, which is abnormally dry.
Maine is lagging the lofty housing goals it set last year
2024年12月29日 · By Zara Norman, Bangor Daily News Staff Much of Maine is already lagging behind the goals set in two state-sponsored housing studies largely due to a hostile construction climate, planners warn. The first of those state-sponsored studies called for the construction of at least 76,400 new homes by 2030 in order to accommodate existing and future residents of Maine.
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