DOVER-FOXCROFT Piscataquis County’s Emergency Management Agency director is traveling to nearly every structure fire because of outdated infrastructure and long-running problems with the county’s radio communications for emergency personnel.
“When I sit in my car because I have a repeater in it, I have two radios going, my portable and mobile radios,” Director Jaeme Duggan said.
The cost of a new ski lift has shot up $1 million in just six months, said Perry Williams, developer of a proposed year-round ski resort project on Big Moose Mountain in Piscataquis County.
Rising steel prices throughout the COVID-19 pandemic are causing the increase, said Williams of Big Lake Development LLC.