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Good morning!
You managed to make it to another Friday.
Temperatures will range from the high 40s up north to the low 60s down south.
We’ve got a storm moving into the state, bringing rain showers later this morning and winds gusting as high as 35 to 40 mph. That precipitation may come down as snow up north before turning into rain. So don’t expect anything measurable to stick around, though rest assured that snow will come to stay eventually.
The Maine Department of Energy Resources hasn’t updated the going rates for heating oil across the state, as of Friday morning. But keep an eye on Bangordailynews.com as we monitor price changes to this vital winter resource.
Waterfront Concerts generated $600M in economic impact over 15 years in Bangor, report finds
Anyone who has been in downtown Bangor on a concert night has witnessed the immediate impact — the crowds, the pop-up gauntlet of paid parking lots, sounds spilling out of the open-air 16,500-capacity Maine Savings Amphitheater, and the general buzz of something happening.
For more than a decade, Todd Gabe, the director of the University of Maine School of Economics, has been periodically studying the concert series’ contribution to business and employment in the area.
His latest report attempts to put a dollar value on its 15-year run, and as you read in the headline, it’s a big number — about $375 per person who has ever attended a concert there.
Gabe gave his findings to the city’s Economic Development Committee in August. His detailed report is linked in today’s story.
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