A majority of the candidates for City Council are women, a first in the city's history. Read More
Delta Air Lines announced Thursday that it would drop service between Bangor and New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport. Read More
A Bangor police officer, who has been on the force for about a year, was placed on paid administrative leave Tuesday after he shot and injured an armed man on Grove Street. Read More
A letter that claimed to be contaminated with poison was sent on Monday to the home of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, leading police to shut down an adjacent road for several hours, according to her spokeswoman. Read More
Overnight temperatures hovering above and around freezing this weekend have prompted a frost warning across parts of Maine. Read More
The contracted deadline to finish the monthslong project to unearth and replace 100-year-old sewer, water and stormwater lines beneath State, Exchange, Harlow and Park streets is Nov. 30. But falling temperatures could move that deadline sooner. Read More
Bangor City Council finalized a deal Wednesday night to sell one of the city’s blighted properties to a developer who has plans to transform the building into quality, affordable housing units. Read More
Police put an end to a two-hour standoff with a suspected gun-wielding man in the parking lot of a Brewer motel Thursday night by using a non-lethal impact ammunition to disarm the man and place him in custody. Read More
State and Wilson streets in Brewer are closed while multiple police agencies respond to an active incident in that vicinity, authorities said. Read More
Ann Avery has stopped going to the doctor. She badly needs to go, but she can’t afford it. Read More
Jerry Pierre-Francois denied the bag of cocaine was his, Sgt. Betters said, claiming that someone else threw it on the ground. Read More
Kyle Sweezey, 24, died Sunday when he crashed his bike on Harrison Road in Naples, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office. Read More
“I always read where people, if they swim, they only make it 30 or 40 yards, and they die of hypothermia.” Read More
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell criticized Congress’ handling of the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Read More
A 57-year-old hiker was airlifted from Baxter State Park Thursday after she fractured her ankle climbing the Chimney Pond trail on Mount Katahdin, authorities said. Read More
The work is part of the first stage of the city’s massive overhaul of Pickering Square, a long-considered idea that finally got underway this summer. Read More
“These actions took advantage of our trust as an employer and violated the safe work and care spaces we have created." Read More
The fire broke out at 2 p.m. at 15 Pond Road, according to Penobscot County dispatch. Read More
Authorities aren’t sure what caused the man to drive off the road. Read More
Agents had investigated the group of men for a month leading up to their arrests on Friday. Read More
