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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. Grade eight, high honors: Ella Annis, Alexis Arcaro, Lauren Caruso, Gabriel Chambers, Tiffani Chan, Melanie Cornelia, Emma ...
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Bertha Mae Lyford, 84, left on her final journey to her heavenly home and her Lord on January 12, 2025. She was born September 28, 1940, to Percy and Pearle Billington in Sangerville.
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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. Photo courtesy of Eric Ogden Photography DEXTER BOYS BASKETBALL — Front, from left, Ryan Farnsworth, Bodhi Langlais, Bryce Cooper, Trevor Picariello, and Jeremey Saine Jr. Middle, William Simpson, …
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AUGUSTA – As freezing temperatures persist in Maine, Central Maine Power is working to raise awareness around tools and programs available to help customers manage their bills. Heat pumps and other electric heating sources can result in higher electricity usage, especially during cold-weather months.
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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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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. 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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Serving the interest of Piscataquis County. By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff The push to require Mainers to provide photo identification at the polls is a state-level issue that voters will settle in November, but Maine’s members of Congress also have thoughts on this year’s high-profile referendum.
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Grade eight, high honors: Ella Annis, Alexis Arcaro, Lauren Caruso, Gabriel Chambers, Tiffani Chan, Melanie Cornelia, Emma Crossman, Eric Deitz, Michael Kinney ...
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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.