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If Maine cracks down on floating camps, what does that mean for ice shacks?

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Fishermen who read the Bangor Daily News/Piscataquis Observer story about how the state is looking to define and regulate floating camps brought up a few concerns about their ice shacks.

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.

‘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.

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.

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 Red Hot Dog Festival returns to Dexter

Observer photo/Stuart HedstromEVERYONE’S A WEINER – The seventh edition of the Maine Red Hot Dog Festival was held in downtown Dexter on Saturday, Aug.

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.

How the chaotic presidential race is shaping politics in Maine’s 2nd District

By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff AUGUSTA — More than five weeks of political turmoil, including the replacement of President Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket, is putting presidential politics at the center of the election in Maine’s swing 2nd Congressional District.

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