About 6,500 gallons of bleach were accidentally dumped into the Bangor sewage system in violation of environmental permits.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Maine folk festival singing the blues about cancellation
This year’s 18th edition of the American Folk Festival in Bangor was its last.
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MaineCF announces new Start Up/Scale Up grant program
The fund will launch early next year and award $400,000 in 2020-21.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Collins’ bill fails to address root cause of drug shortages
She knows what the problem is: pricing and contracting practices that benefit suppliers and hospital executives at patients’ expense.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: ‘Surprise billing’ measures will jeopardize rural Maine hospitals
Federal rate setting will add to the serious challenges already faced by full-service health centers.
Posted inLocal & State
Police investigate man’s death in Bangor ATV crash
The Hermon man was thrown from the vehicle.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Rising rider numbers show that mass transit works in Maine
People who have cars will take the bus to avoid traffic and parking hassles as long as the service is reliable and convenient.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine man dies after fire breaks out in his kitchen
Firefighters pulled 59-year-old Berton “Bert” Conley out of his Bangor home and brought him to a hospital Friday morning.
Posted inCommunity
Maine Community Foundation to host entrepreneurship summit Nov. 13
Entrepreneurs and innovators will take center stage at the Maine Community Foundation’s annual Invest in Maine Summit from 3 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13, at the Cross Insurance Center, 515 Main St., in Bangor. “Maine is an incredibly entrepreneurial and innovative place,” said MaineCF President and CEO Steve Rowe, according to a news release […]
Posted inLocal & State, News
Charge dropped in Bangor case that led to claim of racial profiling
An advocacy group complains that the Border Patrol’s suspicions about a family were aroused because they appeared to be of ‘Central-American origin’ and spoke Spanish while shopping at a store in Maine