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☆ It Was the Biggest Job of His Life. Was He On Target, or Off by Half?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Graham Bowley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Whenever a worthy cause needs help in Rockland, Maine, this town of 7,000 overlooking Penobscot Bay, people reach out to Bruce Gamage Jr., an auctioneer who runs an antiques shop downtown. Walking sticks? Gamage is as established an expert on such items as you’ll find around Rockland, a working-class town once known for its quarries and fish canneries. Many in town say he is just as self-sacrificing a spirit. “It’s almost all we need to do is send him the date, he is just so generous with his time,” said Amie Hutchison, executive director of Trekkers, a local nonprofit that mentors young people.

Persons: Bruce Gamage Jr, he’s, “ It’s, ”, Amie Hutchison Locations: Rockland , Maine, Penobscot, French, Rockland

☆ You might have extra time to file your tax return—here's who qualifies
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

For most Americans, the deadline to file your 2023 federal tax return is April 15. ConnecticutResidents affected by severe storms and flooding that began Jan. 10 now have until June 17, 2024 to file their federal tax returns. MaineResidents affected by severe storms and flooding that began on Dec. 17, 2023 now have until June 17, 2024 to file their federal tax returns. TennesseeResidents affected by severe storms and tornadoes that began on Dec. 9, 2023, now have until June 17, 2024 to file their federal tax returns. WashingtonResidents of Spokane County affected by wildfires that began Aug. 18, 2023, now have until June 17, 2024 to file their federal tax returns.

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☆ Hope for Suicide Prevention
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Ellen Barry | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For decades, friends and family members of people who had jumped pleaded for a barrier. And for decades, my colleague John Branch recently reported, officials found reasons — the cost, the aesthetics — not to build one. But something is changing in the United States, where the suicide rate has risen by about 35 percent over two decades, with deaths approaching 50,000 annually. The U.S. is a glaring exception among wealthy countries; globally, the suicide rate has been dropping steeply and steadily. Barriers are in the works on the William Howard Taft Bridge in Washington, D.C., the Penobscot Narrows Bridge in Maine and several Rhode Island bridges.

Persons: John Branch, William Howard Taft Organizations: Washington , D.C, Universities Locations: United States, U.S, Washington ,, Penobscot, Maine, Rhode, Texas, Florida

☆ Carmel, Maine accident: Kevin Howell dies after saving son from drowning
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Paradise Afshar | Joe Sutton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The town manager of Carmel, Maine, has died after saving his 4-year-old son from drowning in an icy pond. Kevin Howell, 51, and his son were crossing a portion of Etna Pond around 6:30 a.m. Friday when they broke through the ice, the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post. “The boy ran home, and notified his mother,” the sheriff’s office said. “Detective Norton got the mom back to the house and reunited with her son,” the sheriff’s office said. Howell enjoyed cooking for his family and friends and spending time with his wife and son outdoors, doing actives like skiing, boating, fishing and hiking, the webpage said.

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☆ How Chinese Marijuana Operations Cropped Up in Small-Town America
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Liyan Qi | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Maine officials said they seized some 3,400 marijuana plants and 111 pounds of processed marijuana in June at a property in Carmel, Maine, identified as one of many unlicensed marijuana-growing operations in the state run by Chinese networks. Photo: Penobscot County Sheriff’s OfficeCARMEL, Maine—An astronomical electricity bill was the first tipoff that something unusual was going on at a former chicken farm in this town of 3,000 people off Interstate 95. A Massachusetts-registered construction company had bought the 5.5-acre property in 2021. But instead of construction equipment moving in, a new power pole sprang up. Electricity use jumped to nearly $7,000 in December 2022 from $600 a month a year earlier.

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☆ Overlooked No More: Molly Nelson, Steward of Penobscot Culture
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Will Dudding | More About Will Dudding | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The oldest of eight siblings, Mary Alice Nelson was born on Nov. 17, 1903, on Indian Island, the heart of the Penobscot nation about 15 miles northeast of Bangor, Maine. The Nelsons sustained themselves mostly by selling baskets, with her mother, Philomene, weaving and her father, Horace, collecting the raw materials. Horace would go on to serve as the tribal chief and the nonvoting Penobscot representative in the State Legislature. As a girl, Molly showed an interest in tribal traditions, asking adults to tell her legends in exchange for doing chores. She left the tour and remained behind there to audit anthropology and literature classes for three semesters at the University of Pennsylvania.

Persons: Mary Alice Nelson, Penobscots, Molly, Horace, Neeburban Organizations: Legislature, dimes, University of Pennsylvania Locations: Penobscot, Bangor , Maine, Philadelphia, Oklahoma

Many opponents of renewable energy, she added, “are worried about the impacts to their very way of life.”Roadside opposition to renewable energy projects near Baldwin City, Kan. “We see offshore wind as a critical technology,” said Dan Burgess, the director of the Maine Governor’s Energy Office. Across the country, clean energy projects of all types are tied up in lengthy permitting processes. By then, India had not completed any offshore wind projects. Since 2000, the United States has barely built any major transmission lines that connect different regions of the country.

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