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Golden Meets with Downeast Aquaculture and Small Business Leaders

By Maine Highlands News Report | Jul 13, 2023

Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) was in Hancock County last Thursday to hear from small business and industry leaders on the state of Maine’s aquaculture sector

Golden, Fitzpatrick Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect American Elections from Foreign Money

By Maine Highlands News Report | Jul 12, 2023

Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) on July 10 introduced the Keeping Foreign Money out of Ballot Measures Actto prohibit foreign nationals from making political contributions related to state ballot measures and initiatives

Golden Announces More Than $50,000 for New Equipment for North Lakes Fire & Rescue

By Maine Highlands News Report | Jul 11, 2023

Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) announced the award of $52,971.42 to the North Lakes fire district in Caribou through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program

To Protect Maine Fisheries and Coastal Communities, Golden Introduces Bill to Prohibit Commercial Offshore Wind Energy Development in Key Fishing Grounds in the Gulf of Maine

By Maine Highlands News Report | Jun 24, 2023

Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) on June 22 announced the introduction of the Northeast Fisheries Heritage Protection Act

Maine’s Congressional Delegation, Governor Mills Ask Federal Agency in Charge of Offshore Wind Leasing to Listen to the Voices of Maine Fishermen

By Maine Highlands News Report | Jun 18, 2023

U.S. Senator Susan Collins and Representative Jared Golden along with Senator Angus King, Representative Chellie Pingree, and Governor Janet Mills are calling on the Biden Administration to include the views of Maine fishing communities in proposals for leasing commercial offshore wind areas in the Gulf Of Maine. In a letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the Maine leaders request that any wind development avoid key lobstering areas and urge the Bureau to “minimize all potential conflicts” between offshore wind and the fishing industry

Davis Brook Stack Art Installation Ceremony

By Maine Highlands News Report | May 27, 2023

There’s a new sculpture on the Bangor Waterfront called “Living Water” by Mi’kmaq artist Steven Francis Hooke.

Golden Statement on Passing of Maine Journalist Mal Leary

By Maine Highlands News Report | May 26, 2023

Congressman Jared Golden issued this statement on the passing of Mal Leary

Golden Continues to Lead Bipartisan Push for Critical Support to Ukraine

By Maine Highlands News Report | May 25, 2023

Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) on May 17 led a bipartisan group of 14 lawmakers in urging the Biden Administration to provide F-16 fighter aircraft to Ukraine as Kyiv continues its fight against Russia’s unprovoked and brutal invasion one year into the conflict

Community Connector Announces Return of Saturday Bus and ADA Paratransit Service

By Maine Highlands News Report | May 18, 2023

The City of Bangor Community Connector is pleased to announce the return of Saturday Service effective Saturday, June 3, 2023!

Bangor Parks and Recreation Seeks Feedback on Sawyer Ice Arena, Recreation Center Feasibility Study

By Maine Highlands News Report | May 16, 2023

Bangor Parks and Recreation is working with BerryDunn, CHA Architecture, and MacLaughlin Management and Design to develop a Feasibility Study for Sawyer Arena and the Recreation Center.

Golden, Ciscomani, Bipartisan Group of Colleagues Introduce Bill Affording Administration Expulsion Authority at Southern Border

By Maine Highlands News Report | May 14, 2023

Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), joined by Reps. Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), Don Davis (NC-01), Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), David Valadao (CA-22), Wiley Nickel (NC-13), and Zach Nunn (IA-03), on May 11 introduced a bipartisan bill that would afford the Biden Administration a two-year temporary expulsion authority for migrants who come to the United States illegally

Senators Collins, King, Representative Golden Announce Over $460,000 in Infrastructure Funding for Three Airports in Maine’s Second District

By Maine Highlands News Report | May 3, 2023

U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representative Jared Golden announced this week that the Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) program, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), awarded $461,500 to improve three airports in Maine’s Second District

Golden, Gonzales, Ryan, Pfluger Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Hire and Retain More Rural Border Security Personnel

By Maine Highlands News Report | Apr 30, 2023

Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02), Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23), Congressman Pat Ryan (NY-19), and Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) yesterday introduced the DHS Rural and Remote Hiring and Retention Strategy Act of 2023

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