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Here’s what you had to say about Maine’s ‘floating camps’

By Emily Burnham, Bangor Daily News Staff The Bangor Daily News audience had a lot to say about a story about “floating camps” and how the state of Maine is trying to figure out how to regulate them.

Bangor’s new public defender office is struggling to hire lawyers

By Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News Staff BANGOR — A public defender in Bangor is representing her first clients, a step toward reducing the number of people who are waiting weeks or even months for a lawyer.

Federal grant will help Maine install heat pumps in low-income homes

By Emmett Gartner, The Maine Monitor A recently announced $450 million federal grant aimed at reducing climate pollution across New England could help Maine meet its ambitious goal to place thousands of heat pumps in low-income homes and expand a critical subset of HVAC technicians trained to install them.

Aroostook leads Maine counties where homes are most affordable

By Zara Norman, Bangor Daily News Staff There are only six Maine counties in which the typical family can afford the average home, and one stands far above the rest in more ways than one.

Trailrunner uses cutting-edge technology to supercharge its broadband network in Maine

PORTLAND – Residents of Maine’s most rural areas will soon have access to ultra-high-capacity, high-speed broadband technology, thanks to the launch of Trailrunner Broadband Internet’s first high-speed wireless broadband network.

Sheriff’s office dispatch center nearing completion

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The construction process to move the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center from cramped conditions in the county jail in Dover-Foxcroft into the administrative unit of the sheriff’s office on the first floor of the same building has been proceeding and is nearing completion.

Northern Light Health eliminates use of desflurane in the operating room

BREWER — Northern Light Health has eliminated the use of the anesthetic gas desflurane throughout its hospitals.

Brownville celebrates Bicentennial with Brownville Days parade

Observer photo/Stuart HedstromROAD LOCOMOTIVE — CPKC’s Puffer Belly Express, which visits communities across the CPKC network to help raise awareness of rail safety, travels up Davis Street on Saturday, Aug.

‘Floating camps’ are popping up all over Maine and the state can’t stop them

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Floating camps are popping up more and more in Maine’s lakes, ponds and rivers.

Jared Golden criticizes reporter for asking if he’ll vote in presidential election

By Paul Koenig, Bangor Daily News Staff U.

University of Southern Maine dean’s list

GORHAM – The University of Southern Maine would like to congratulate students named to the spring 2024 dean’s list.

Golden still won’t say if he’ll back Kamala Harris

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff and Paula Brewer, The Star-Herald Staff MADAWASKA — U.

Healthy herd gives promise to thousands with antlerless deer permits

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s deer herd is healthy and is one of the largest the state’s ever had, according to a deer biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Mainers can now request absentee ballots for this November’s presidential election

By Nick Song, Maine Public Mainers can now request their absentee ballots for November’s general election.

Brownville Days events Friday and Saturday

BROWNVILLE — The Bicentennial edition (1824 to 2024) of Brownville Days will feature events on Friday, Aug.

What is going on at Northern Light?

By Kathleen O’Brien, Bangor Daily News Staff Instability caused by the pandemic continues to force one of Maine’s largest health care providers to scale back or cut services — and there are likely more “painful” changes on the horizon.

Maine will join new IRS program letting taxpayers file free returns

By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff Mainers tired of relying on paid tax preparers will soon have a new free option, with the state saying it will opt in to the Internal Revenue Service’s Direct File system by next year.

Here is what you said in the state’s moose survey

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff From the effects of development and predation to skewed bull-cow ratios and suggestions about the annual hunt, Mainers recorded their observations about changes in the population of the state’s most iconic animal — the moose — in a management survey.

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