Penobscot County officials send an ‘urgent request’ for funding to Janet Mills

Penobscot County officials send an ‘urgent request’ for funding to Janet Mills

Penobscot County officials sent a letter this week to Gov. Janet Mills requesting $8 million from the state to recoup the county’s depleted finances. The letter, sent on Tuesday and signed by County Administrator Blair Tinkham, County Treasure Glenn Mower and Commissioners Andre Cushing, Dave Marshall and Dan Tremble, requests the $8 million from the state’s rainy-day fund to “address immediate infrastructure needs, stabilize our financial posit…