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Bangor Daily NewsThe pilot was 71-year-old Michael Leibowitz of Charleston, SC and the passenger was Christina Chung of Livingston, NJ.
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Route FiftyMaine gets about $7.4 million from the USF every year to subsidize telephone service for low-income and rural Mainers.
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The state's Air Quality Meteorologist says moderate particle pollution could impact air quality in Maine through the weekend. -
The Maine Public Utilities Commission announced the set of priorities this week after a long development process that involved state regulators and advocates, environmental groups and the electric companies themselves. -
While the term is broad and still being defined, in other states it can refer to businesses that offer the sale and onsite consumption of recreational marijuana. -
If the Hampden facility is consolidated, mail from northern, western, and eastern Maine would be sent 130 miles to the south in Scarborough to be distributed. -
Residents said they're concerned about the proliferation of guns in the community, and would like to bolster support services for youth and families. -
Fatal overdoses declined 16% last year in Maine. And according to preliminary data, overdose deaths dropped by nearly 15% during the first seven months of this year. -
The changes are temporary and fairly technical, and the commission's executive director emphasized that all attorneys taking court-appointed work will still be thoroughly vetted. -
A new national study concludes that PFAS chemicals are getting into pesticides in a variety of ways- as active and inert ingredients, but also leaching from containers and other unknown sources. -
Emergency personnel responded to a crash involving a single-engine plane at the Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport. -
The attorneys said investigations by the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Inspector General are too narrow and raise conflicting conclusions.
