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1 day ago · Consider York County, which budgeted $15.5 million to build a 58-bed regional recovery center that includes the county’s first detoxification center, a residential and outpatient treatment program and eight observation beds — the single-largest investment in a project by any county.. Its second largest investment was $15.4 million to …

1 day ago · York County officials are hopeful that a dredge machine purchased with COVID-19 relief funds will finally be put to work this month. In 2021, York County received $40.3 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, part of more than $4.5 billion in federal money that went to Maine to support recovery from the pandemic.

Feb 2, 2025 · The chaotic sequence of events, and lack of clarity from the administration, left groups across Maine confused and anxious. Steven Michaud, president of the Maine Hospital Association, said that even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded, it still created a lot of uncertainty about the future of programs and grants that rely on federal funding.

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Nov 10, 2024 · The 124 hydropower dams in Maine, meanwhile, are squeezing out the electricity they’re capable of while their corporate owners are saddled with mounting operating costs.. Days after the state released a draft of its road map to “clean electricity” comprising 100 percent of demand by 2040, all signs point towards wind, battery systems and solar lining the final route.

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Nov 24, 2024 · Dover-Foxcroft select board chair Tom Lizotte sees that vote as a byproduct of the mistrust between the town and many of its residents, who were suspicious of the removal proposals and their connection to environmental groups, as well as the dam’s prominence in town.