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November 9, 2024. MILO — Rather than put approximately $133,300 of district funds toward startup costs and a site analysis, the SAD 41 Board of Directors has decided to discontinue its participation in the pursuit of a regional comprehensive high school project with several other area school districts. “We need to take a vote on whether the ...
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Piscataquis County emergency radio system project progresses. DOVER-FOXCROFT — For more than four years Piscataquis County and municipal emergency officials have been working to update outdated infrastructure and long-running problems with the county’s radio communications for emergency personnel. 2 days ago.
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Brownville and Milo officials looking at combined rec department. MILO — With the intention of providing more opportunities for area youth and to potentially save money, Brownville and Milo officials have been discussing the possibility of merging the two neighboring communities’ recreation departments into a new Penquis Recreation Program.
Piscataquis Observer
November 9, 2024. MILO — Rather than put approximately $133,300 of district funds toward startup costs and a site analysis, the SAD 41 Board of Directors has decided to discontinue its participation in the pursuit of a regional comprehensive high school project with several other area school districts. “We need to take a vote on whether the ...
$10M historic preservation bond passes in Maine’s Tuesday election
5 days ago · By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff. Mainers voted Tuesday to pass $10 million in borrowing aimed at restoring historic buildings owned by local governments and nonprofits. The yes side of Question 3 had 51.4 percent of votes to 48.7 percent for the no side when the Bangor Daily News and its national partner, Decision Desk HQ, called ...
Maine students experience what it’s like to be lost on Katahdin
Nov 3, 2024 · By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times Staff For 98 minutes, about 1,600 school kids, from Millinocket to Fort Fairfield, will be transported into the sometimes terrifying tale of the boy who survived alone in the harshest of Maine landscapes. Throughout November, students from 13 school districts are slated …
Obituaries | Piscataquis Observer
Judith E. Dickie, 82, passed away surrounded by her family on October 17, 2024. She was born on December 14, 1941, in Keene, NH, to Ethel and Joseph Favreau. She attended school in Gardner, MA, graduating from Gardner High School in 1959. She worked at Simplex Time Recorder before moving to Sebec Village in 1982....
Mainers overwhelmingly pass campaign finance reform that may …
5 days ago · Mainers overwhelmingly pass campaign finance reform that may never become law. Staff, Piscataquis Observer • November 7, 2024. By Michael Shepherd, Bangor Daily News Staff. Maine voted resoundingly on Tuesday to pass Question 1, which would cap unlimited contributions to certain political committees but may be unconstitutional.
Maine voters reject effort to restore pine tree flag
6 days ago · Staff, Piscataquis Observer • November 6, 2024. By Billy Kobin, Bangor Daily News Staff. Maine rejected an effort to change the state flag in Tuesday’s election, capping a passionate debate that has taken place for decades over the state’s culture and history. Question 5 was rejected by 55.3 percent of voters to 44.7 percent in favor when ...
Maine is 75 percent carbon neutral. Thank the forests.
Contributed • December 12, 2022. By Mehr Sher. Mainers learned earlier this year that the state is approximately 75 percent carbon neutral, based on a first-of-its-kind analysis of Maine’s greenhouse gas emissions. But most of the credit for the carbon neutrality goes to Maine’s abundant forests, which capture and store carbon from the air.