TOWN OF DEXTER Town Council (elect two to 3-year terms) Charles Ellms* 1,298 Peter Haskell 1,233 SAD 46 board (elect one to 3-year term) Michael Burton* 1,532 Dexter Utility District trustees (elect one to 3-year term) Anne Bennett* 1,582 Advisory referendum  Are you in favor of the town of Dexter  allowing a medical marijuna business? Yes 1,183 No 642 Advisory referendum Are you in favor of the town  allowing a recreational marijuana business? Yes 974 No 827 HOUSE DISTRICT 104 (80% of precincts) Representing Charleston, Dexter,  Exeter, Garland and Stetson.

By Charles Eichacker, Bangor Daily News Staff The number of Mainers being admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 is ticking up more slowly now than it did during the initial surge of the coronavirus last spring, even though new cases of the virus in the state are reaching record levels.

By Rosemary Lausier, Bangor Daily News Staff Health officials on Tuesday reported 139 new coronavirus cases across the state.

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By Rosemary Lausier, Bangor Daily News Staff Twenty-four new cases were reported Sunday in Maine amid a statewide surge in virus transmission.

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By Charles Eichacker, Bangor Daily News Staff Maine’s spike in COVID-19 cases is likely to continue for the foreseeable future, the state’s top public health official said Thursday as the state recorded the second day in a row of record-setting numbers of new cases that have followed weeks of increasing virus cases.

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By Aislinn Sarnacki, Bangor Daily News Staff If there’s one thing that deer ticks don’t like, it’s dry weather, and this year, Maine has had plenty of it.

By Charles Eichacker, Bangor Daily News Staff The coronavirus is again spiking in Maine as it did at the height of the pandemic in the spring, breaking a one-day record with 87 new cases on Wednesday and raising increasing alarm among state officials.

By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff After the largest single-day spike of new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, Gov.

By Caitlin Andrews, Bangor Daily News Staff The wife of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden made a character-based argument for his campaign in Bangor on Tuesday in the last week of a spirited campaign with President Donald Trump in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District.

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