Bangor police are trying to identify a man who may have had a role in setting fire to a sign at the front entrance of the Bangor Historical Society’s Thomas A. Hill House. Read More
The store is adding offices that will allow Goodwill Northern New England to offer job training services in the Bangor location, as well as making other upgrades to the sales floor. Read More
A national watchdog group recently found that Maine had some of the safest hospitals in the country, but Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center stood out for its low grade. Read More
A drug and alcohol detoxification center that opened in Hampden two years ago has recently expanded its services in a way that could help more people inside and outside the Bangor region get into recovery. Read More
A developer of low-income housing in the Bangor region has been awarded a critical piece of federal assistance that will allow it to complete its largest affordable housing development yet. Read More
Thousands of Mainers lost power after a winter storm rolled across the state late Wednesday night into Thanksgiving morning, bringing heavy winds, rain and up to a foot of snow in some places. Read More
The new waste facility in Hampden accidentally dumped about 6,500 gallons of bleach into the local sewage system late last summer, a violation of its environmental permits that was punished by the largest fine in at least four years from Bangor’s wastewater treatment department. Read More
The new ban will take effect on Jan. 1, a full year before an almost identical ban takes effect across the whole state of Maine. Read More
A young Pennsylvania company hopes to build a facility that would convert the methane generated at the Juniper Ridge Landfill in Old Town into a fuel that can power trucks and buses. Read More
Bangor has been awarded $1.29 million in federal funds to help it replace the public bus terminal that was removed from the first floor of the Pickering Square parking garage as part of an ongoing renovation. Read More
A police dog from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office was taken to the vet this week after she ingested a light brown powder that was suspected to be heroin while searching a pickup truck in the town of Addison. Read More
A federal agency has found that a Waterville hospital failed to protect a patient from abuse after an incident last spring in which an employee asked the patient to come in for an unnecessary ultrasound exam, then allegedly touched her in a sexual manner. Read More
The Bangor City Council could soon take another step toward installing solar panels on city property and using the resulting power to offset the municipal electric costs. Read More
Rand O’Leary will assume his new role at the Bangor hospital on Dec. 9. Read More
While the Bangor Mall may be better known these days for the emptiness of its parking lots than for the vibrancy of its shopping experience, an unassuming event last weekend briefly turned it back into a bustling retail scene. Read More
A Tennessee company that has fought ongoing national efforts to eliminate some large, surprise medical bills will soon become the employer of ER doctors in Washington County’s two small hospitals. Read More
Michelle Hood, president and CEO of Northern Light Health, announced Thursday that she has accepted a job as executive vice president and chief operating officer of the American Hospital Association. Read More
State regulators have given preliminary support to a proposed merger of Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft with Northern Light Health, the statewide health care system that includes Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Read More
Marwa Hassanien and incumbent committee member Carin Sychterz were both sworn in after they won the two seats up for grabs in last week’s election. Read More
Clare Davitt replaces Sarah Nichols as the City Council's next chair, a position ceremonially referred to as “mayor.” Read More
