Bangor Daily News
On Sullivan Planning Board, Graham Platner voted to pump the brakes on solar
Platner said he was responding to community concerns about the rapid development of solar farms and anger over state subsidies driving up energy bills.
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5mDanforth entrepreneurs ‘bought themselves a job’ when they moved to rural Maine
Jon Bridgan and Carol Carper moved from Virginia three years ago and bought Danforth Hardware, a local anchor business.
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5mGraham Platner’s voice for the working class must be welcomed on Labor Day
“Labor movements were never meant to be comfortable, orderly, or gatekept by political committees.”
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8mBangor’s Together Place recovery center could soon reopen with help from the city
City councilors on Monday asked representatives from the center for a proposal on how they could use monthly payments from the city to reopen their day space and meals program.
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4mAnother Maine police department uses an AI startup to write reports
Officers are required by the software to make edits before signing off on the reports, including removing obscure or intentionally incorrect words the company calls “Easter eggs.”
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3mTrump’s 50% Canada tariffs take effect Wednesday. What that means for Maine.
Though the tariffs don’t cover Maine’s most important imports, individual businesses could be hit hard by new costs.