Representative Amy Roeder

How wonderful it was to run into Noam Osher, Zivi Osher and Nathan Manaker at the State House! These Penobscot Theatre Company Dramatic Academy Program alums worked with me in directing our Addams Family show in 2017 (see the fun photo below)! Today, they performed a beautiful rendition of the National Anthem. 👏

Another storm is expected to hit Maine tonight and into tomorrow, bringing heavy rain and high winds that could cause flooding and power outages.

Please take all the necessary precautions to stay safe, and follow Maine Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) for important updates.

Maine needs more families for youth in foster care. Start today at afamilyformemaine.org.

Bangor City Councils plan to prioritize housing crisis for remaining ARPA funds BANGOR -- The Bangor City Council has coined 2024 as the 'Year of Housing,' and city officials say that's how they plan to allocate their remaining federal relief funding before

Wishing you and your loved ones a wonderful start to 2024!

The City’s Public Works team wants residents to know about options they have for disposing of holiday waste and Christmas trees, and also debris from last week’s storm.

Curbside collection of trees will begin Tuesday, Jan. 2, and run through Friday, Jan. 12.🎄

Read more: https://bangormaine.gov/news/?FeedID=996

My family is really good at gift giving. Mr. Dwayne Johnson will have pride of place on my Christmas tree henceforth. Wishing you and yours a happy, healthy, warm and joyful holiday!

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday season!

From a constituent:

“Bangor friends without power: Please report your outage again to Versant at 207-973-2000. They just took a bunch of outages off their work list... When I called, the agent said we had had our power restored when we hadn't. Same with many neighbors.”

If you’re still without power, call Versant to check the status of your outage report. And when you see a lineman, thank them for their hard work!

***Want to become a firefighter/EMT?***Currently working a job that gets in the way of taking a EMT class? Well get your two weeks notice drafted and apply to the City of Bangor. We will PAY you to go to class and get your EMT basic, train you to be a firefighter than put you to work for the best department in the state! Testing for those interested in joining the Fire Department will be held Thursday, Jan. 18. The Department will provide EMT-Basic training for select candidates who do not currently have an EMT license. You’ll find additional details here: https://www.bangormaine.gov/content/318/348/40257.aspx

Very proud to have received a 100% rating on the Maine People’s Alliance legislative scorecard!

🚨 If you get SNAP and you've lost your food due to a power outage that lasts longer than 8 hours, you can ask for replacement benefits!

🔹 To get your SNAP replaced, you need to report your loss of food to DHHS by:
E-mailing [email protected] or calling 1-855-797-4357
AND
You will need to fill out and submit this form to DHHS within 10 days of your power coming back on: https://loom.ly/zyhQQYQ

DHHS will verify the power outage and if you are eligible, they will replace up to one month’s worth of SNAP benefits. Stay safe in the storm, everyone!

This year, the Legislature took major steps forward to address the challenges facing education in Maine – working to provide school districts, teachers and staff the support and resources they need to meet students' needs.

I’m proud to receive a 100% rating from the Maine Education Association for my voting record last session.

Throughout the last year, as many of you know we are facing a current staffing crisis. Currently down 13 positions. Nearly a entire crew. During the last year many members have worked thousands of hours in overtime. Many sacrificing family time to fill vacancies providing minimum staffing levels to keep our Bangor citizens and each other safe. Todays “motley crew” is filled mostly with officers. Nearly a 1 officer to 1 private ratio. If you see Rescue 1 out and about make sure to wave. It’s staffed with a Captain/Paramedic and a Lieutenant/Paramedic!

I’m at the Council of State Governments’ national conference and found the following information quite revealing. Public opinion seems to favor the idea that crime in Maine has increased, that our cities have become more violent, that our lives and property are more at risk than in years past. Data shows that the opposite is true.

We must continue to work toward making our state safer, but it’s important to acknowledge that we’re already moving in the right direction.

Wishing all who are celebrating a safe and happy Hanukkah!

I am delighted to be a Henry Toll fellow and to graduate with my colleagues: Reps Salisbury, Stover and Supica. We are honored to join the rest of the Toll alumni (like Rep Gramlich who is here to present a panel on PFAS) and to be here to celebrate the Council of State Governments’ 20 under 40 award winners such as Maine’s own Rep Rana.

The Toll fellows program is a bipartisan training program for leadership development and I got to learn with and from some exceptional people from across the country. My cohort began as strangers and are now my beloved friends. I am deeply grateful to stand alongside these exceptional leaders.

Press Release sent to all Maine Media tonight:

FAMILY OF GRAHAM LACHER DOUBLES REWARD

The family of 39-year-old Waldo County man Graham Lacher, missing since June 6, 2022, when he fled the grounds of the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center in Bangor, has doubled the reward amount for his safe return from $5,000 to $10,000. Lacher is diagnosed autistic and schizophrenic and is the subject of a state-issued Silver Alert.

Despite not having a confirmed sighting of Lacher in 18 months, “We continue to hope my son has survived,” says his mother, Tammy Lacher Scully of Belfast. “And with the coldest days of winter ahead of us, we are especially concerned about his safety. We believe he’s been seen,” Scully says, “but not recognized as a missing, vulnerable adult in need of medical attention. Everywhere we go in our search for Graham, we encounter more people who are not aware of his disappearance than who know about it. This tells us we need to do more to get the word out; hopefully, increasing the reward will help us do that.”

According to Scully, the family was offered “a substantial, new donation from a family friend, so we decided to match that and double the reward.” Full details of the reward’s terms and conditions can be found on the page Missing Graham Lacher.

Anyone with information about Lacher’s whereabouts can contact the family via Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/missinggrahamlacher or call Bangor Police Dept. Det. Jordan Perry at (207) 947-7384. Lacher’s Missing Person NCIC number is M396825302.

https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/12/04/news/bangor/bangor-build-tiny-home-village-homeless-joam40zk0w/?mc_cid=910293ee15&mc_eid=cdf4dd3fec

Bangor group wants to build tiny home village for homeless people The more than $10 million project is in its early stages and will need strong backing to come to fruition.

❤️ the Bangor Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 772!

***A CALL TO ACTION***
As a long standing tradition, your Bangor Professional Firefighters has started our collection for Greater Bangor Area Toys for Tots. For the second year in a row the money collected is from our own members. This year we are asking the public to join in on spreading Christmas cheer. If you feel led to give you can hand deliver cash/check to Central Fire, mail cash/check to 289 main st Bangor Maine 04401 (marked for toys for tots) or Venmo President Jared Willey your donation at -willey-4. We thank you in advance.

My day job is as the Interim Executive Director at Together Place Peer run Recovery Center and we recently had our annual Thanksgiving meal for members. Representative Rana and Councilor Deane came by to break bread with us and speak with our members. I’m very grateful that these two were able to share some meaningful time with us! Bangor is lucky to have these two!

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Right now, more than 113,000 children in in the U.S. are waiting for a permanent, loving family. Join me in celebrating on November 18 to help raise awareness about the urgent need for . Learn more at nationaladoptionday.org, and learn more about fostering and adoption in Maine here: https://www.maine.gov/dhhs/ocfs/support-for-families/fostering-adopting

We will miss Rep. Reckitt immensely. I’d venture to say that we already do. Her service today was deeply moving and a powerful reminder of what one person can accomplish in a lifetime……if you’re Lois, that is. She was a superhero to me. Her loss is profound and her memory an incomparable blessing.