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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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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. Photo courtesy of Dexter Regional High School CHRISTMAS FOOD BOXES — Early on the morning of Dec. 21, Dexter Regional High School Student Government and Key Club members, along with several Dexter Sunrise Kiwanis members, gathered at P & L Country Market to assemble and wrap more than 70 Christmas food boxes to be given to area families.
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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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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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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 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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Northern Light Health is not paying a fee to acquire Mayo from the 13 towns that collectively own the institution -- that’s one of the arguments in a new lawsuit seeking to block the deal. But supporters of the merger have said that it will nonetheless provide something for the people who use Mayo Regional Hospital and its affiliated practices: the …
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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.
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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 …