Week of February 27, 2017

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Flames shoot out of the flare at Pine Tree Landfill in Hampden on Tuesday. The flare will remain in place once the gas-to-energy plant is up and running and used as a backup to burn methane should the plant need to idle. (BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY KEVIN BENNETT)

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Flames shoot out of the flare at Pine Tree landfill in Hampden on Tuesday, January 22, 2008. The flare will remain in place once the gas to energy plant is up and running serve as a back up to burn methane should the plant need to idle.(Bangor Daily News/Kevin Bennett)