Map: Bangor area tops statewide snowfall totals
Bangor led the state as of Friday morning, with 18.3 inches.
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What one day of Maine government spending looks like
To get a sense of what the shutdown means, I looked back to the past July 1, a balmy Friday, at what state government spent (thanks to the state’s Open Checkbook site).
How Trumpy is your town?
President Donald Trump’s victory touched fault lines and upended expectations in American politics. There were some signs of that in Maine. For instance, many areas that voted for raising the minimum wage also chose Trump. So did towns that approved legalizing marijuana. (Trump and both measures won in 49 towns, and one or the other won in 90 towns. See all of those towns here.) Those dynamics […]
What the food stamp analysis does and doesn’t tell us
Here’s what the state study of food stamp recipients released Wednesday tells us: about 58 percent of the 6,866 “able-bodied adults” who lost SNAP benefits because of new work requirement rules at some point in the next year received wages from an employer, and at a steadily increasing rate. The preliminary findings line up those facts, but the report and its authors don’t draw a […]
Bangor-area Republican donors liked Cruz best
With the suspension of the Republican Ted Cruz-Carly Fiorina campaign after voting in Indiana, major party donors in the Bangor area have lost their top pick. Those donations don’t reflect all contribution activity, but just those of donors that have or are on track to give more than $200 in a given election cycle, or those for […]
Why is the population changing in your county?
Populations change for a whole host of reasons. People are born, die, move and some just disappear — kind of. The census data released Thursday gives a closer look at all of those reasons for population change by county, which you can explore using the graphic below, which shows components of population change for the whole state. Click a […]
Snowfall counter: Patten takes lead with 18 inches of new snow
The Penobscot County town of Patten overtook Amity — the snowfall leader as of Wednesday morning — for recorded snowfall during the storm from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning. Patten got 18 inches of new snow. Take a look below at snowfall totals by weather station for the storm started Tuesday night. Maine had the highest average reported snowfall across all stations reporting […]
Storm dumps most snow on central parts of Maine
Central parts of the state reported the highest Tuesday snowfall totals as of Wednesday morning, according to National Weather Service data. That means good snow (finally) for some of the state’s major ski areas. Carrabassett Valley reported 10 inches of snow as of 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. By this morning, Stetson reported the highest total, with one […]
Snowfall counter: Southern Maine puts points on the board
The storm Tuesday made sure all of Maine didn’t go without a sizable reminder that winter still happens. As the storm moves northward, the first snowfall totals for much of the southern half of the state came through weather stations in the region. The map below shows the latest 24-hour snowfall totals reported out of weather stations around the state. The reports are most current for […]
Fewer little piggies going to market in Maine
File the following alongside the goat census of Maine. Maine livestock farms have just 3 percent of the hogs they had 100 years ago. It wasn’t a sudden decline in demand for hogs that drove the change, but Midwest came to claim the lead in U.S. hog farming. In one map, here’s where all the hogs have gone in the last […]
