The owners of the recently shuttered Hampden waste plant are blaming many of its financial problems on a contractor that staffed and ran the facility, arguing in court documents that the contractor hired and then poorly supervised unqualified workers at the plant.

Thanks to  to the generosity of the Maine Highlands Federal Credit Union, Piscataquis County officials will not need to take out a $145,000 bond for the purchase of the former Key Bank building at 2 Hudson Avenue in downtown Guilford to become the new home of the patrol and investigation divisions of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office.

The Maine Aquatic Connectivity Restoration Project is a five-year, $6 million effort that provides significant financial and technical assistance to private landowners to upgrade road-stream crossings.

Dirigo Reads cofounders Dan and Karen Cashman are pleased to announce the release of the 2019 Dirigo Reads annual report, highlighting the success of the program’s first year.

The committee charged with recommending urgent measures to stabilize and support Maine’s economy amid the coronavirus pandemic recommended the state provide $1.

The state is now opening 18 new drive-up coronavirus testing sites in places as far abreast as South Portland and Presque Isle as part of a previously announced expansion to the state’s overall ability to detect the disease.

DOVER-FOXCROFT Shall the town appropriate revenues anticipated  in the amount of $2,133,808 and  appropriate additional funds including  funds from surplus in the amount of $260,000,  for a total amount of $2,393,808  to be used to reduce amounts  to be raised from the property tax commitment  to fund appropriations in subsequent articles,  and; authorize the board of selectmen  to appropriate an additional amount  from surplus to reduce the property tax commitment? Yes No 791 167   Shall the town raise and appropriate  the sum of $4,651,635, for town operations?  (Revenue and surplus to be used  to reduce the amount to be raised  to fund this article is $2,279,508,  net amount to be raised is $2,372,127) Yes No 871 195   Shall the town raise and appropriate the sum  of $205,500 to capital reserve to fund capital equipment?  (Revenue and surplus to be used to reduce the amount  to be raised to fund this article is $18,600, net amount  to be raised is $186,900);  and authorize the board of selectmen to expend funds) Yes No 813 214   Shall the town raise and appropriate the sum  of $72,500 to capital reserve to fund  capital improvements to town buildings and facilities?  (Revenue to be used to reduce the amount to be raised to fund  this article is $5,700, net amount to be raised is $66,800);  and authorize the board of selectmen to expend funds) Yes No 766 219   Shall the town appropriate all money received  from the the state (anticipated in the amount of $90,000)  for capital improvements and maintenance of town roads  and bridges and raise and appropriate $310,000  for capital improvements and maintenance for town roads?  Total expenditure = $400,000.

An incumbent Republican state senator barely held off a challenge from an incendiary lawmaker in one of three Tuesday legislative primaries won by candidates backed by Senate Republicans over those preferred by former Gov.

Maine voters on Tuesday, July 14  overwhelmingly backed $120 million in bonds for transportation and broadband systems that have been stressed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Maine Credit Unions’ Campaign for Ending Hunger is pleased to announce that its month-long $100,000 Challenge raised over $227,000 to support Good Shepherd Food Bank’s COVID-19 response and community food pantries across the state.

For years, the common question among hunters has been, “Got your deer yet?” Thanks to a pilot program aimed at helping management efforts, this summer’s refrain might change to “Seen any deer yet?”   Nathan Bieber, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s deer biologist, explained that the agency is trying to gather more data by asking Mainers to take part in the Maine Deer Spy project.

One hundred years from now, when future Mainers decide to research what happened during the coronavirus pandemic of 2020, what information will they find? What photos and artwork will they see? What kinds of documents will they come across? Whose stories will they read?   A number of Maine libraries are hoping to create an archive of all those things by asking Mainers to contribute their stories, photos, artwork and other documents about their experience during the pandemic.

The Bangor and Brewer school departments, like many others in the state, are putting together three separate plans for reopening public schools in fall, including a full return to in-person schooling, a combination of in-person and online learning and a fully online semester.

Maine Open Farm Day organizers encourage the public to visit farms online beginning Sunday, July 26 to learn how to support Maine agriculture this summer.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Ice Arena and Center Theatre have announced that they are extending the season of the temporary Dover-Foxcroft drive-in through Aug.

Maine jails recorded at least 837 private phone calls between attorneys and their incarcerated clients in the past 12 months, potentially violating state law in the process.

SANGERVILLE — The tradition of farming and the opportunities of the internet are being celebrated by the farmers of the East Sangerville Grange, as they announce the opening of their online farmers’ market — the Maine Highlands Farmers’ Market.

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