Bangor Daily News
While Penobscot County leaders push for a new jail, he’s spent years fighting against it
Doug Dunbar of No Penobscot Jail Expansion says instead of spending millions on a new jail, officials should focus on diversion programs.
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4mEli Spaulding seeking 3rd-straight Maine Amateur golf title
Spaulding is looking to join Dick Diversi, Mark Plummer and Caleb Manuel in the group that has won at least three in a row.
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3mBangor will spend $100,000 on robots to measure sidewalks
A city official estimated it would cost at least double that to have humans collect the measurements, which will help the city made sidewalks more accessible.
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2mLetter: Trump fiddles while Earth burns
“President Donald Trump publicly denies that global warming is happening.”
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4mNew ‘fetch and go’ spot is one of Aroostook’s few independent drive-thrus
The Market Street eatery operated by Pamela Deschaine joins two other independently owned drive-thrus in the region.
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4mThe case for I-395 connector route is not yet proven
“It is possible that heavy-truck traffic has decreased at least partly for reasons other than the connector route.”