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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.
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Mark Lewis Mitchell passed away at C.A. Dean Hospital, December 9, 2024. He was born on May 6, 1966, to Dora Mitchell. He was predeceased by his mother; and brothers, Terry and Michael.
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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 …
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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. SKOWHEGAN — Skowhegan Savings Bank announced that David Cyr, president and CEO of the bank, will retire at the end of 2025 and the board of directors have appointed Dan Tilton, executive vice president of sales and customer relations, as the bank’s new president.
Maine has a moderate chance of getting snow for Christmas
Dec 18, 2024 · By Leela Stockley, Bangor Daily News Staff While it. In 2023, more than 420,000 Maine residences were left without power just days before Christmas due to a heavy windstorm that blew through the region.
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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. Observer photo/Stuart Hedstrom MYRICK AWARD HONOREE — Dover-Foxcroft Town Manager Jack Clukey, right, was presented with the PCEDC’s Myrick Award during the council’s annual meeting on …
Maine’s drought situation is getting worse -Piscataquis Observer
Dec 17, 2024 · 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.