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Tipoffs for Bangor, Maine (Lobsters) Newsletter for Sunday September 26, 2021 ( 2 items )  

Maine Gov. Mills Calls on Commerce Secretary to Delay Implementation of Gear Marking & Modification in Right Whale Rule
AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 25 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2021: In a letter today to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, Governor Janet Mills urged swift action by NOAA Fisheries to reduce the unnecessary economic harm to Maine fishermen that the recently announced Federal whale protection rule will cause. "I don't believe this rule, as written, should take effect at all, and, at the very least, I urge you to direct NOAA Fisheries to delay the rule'  more

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.9 Million to Improve Stormwater Infrastructure in Support of Business Growth in Vinalhaven, Maine
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2021: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.9 million grant to the town of Vinalhaven, Maine, to make stormwater infrastructure improvements needed to protect downtown businesses from flooding and to promote business growth. This EDA project will be matched wit  more