The girl is among an increasing number of children with mental health and behavioral needs that Maine is sending to facilities out of state. Read More
More than 500 households are at risk. Read More
All together, the recommendations represent an overhaul of a tenuous system of services. Read More
Then a truck pulled up, laden with gifts. Read More
Carolyn Fish shares her experience being homeless in Bangor while taking care of her boyfriend, Larry Noyes. Read More
Documenting the opioid crisis
Chipping away at the stigma that blocks too many people addicted to drugs and their loved ones from seeking recovery options emerged as the priority Wednesday in a gathering that included three candidates for governor. Read More
A look at preventing one of the largest public health problems of this time. Read More
How Maine has drastically reduced the number of people living on the streets and in the woods for long periods of time. Read More
MaineCare, the state’s Medicaid program, had an extra $37.7 million on hand at the close of the last fiscal year, which ended June 30 Read More
By 2030, nearly a third of Maine’s population is projected to be over age 65. Yet the state has fewer nursing home beds than other states, and it saw six homes close in 2018. Read More
Like many stories, this one began with a tip. Read More
One woman said his actions went even further, according to an investigation by the Bangor Daily News. Read More
A for-profit chain of addiction treatment clinics is expanding rapidly in Maine and throughout the country, applying a startup mentality to combating the nation’s most pressing public health crisis. Read More
His daughter died, followed by his son. Even when he took in his grandchildren, he could pay the rent. All he needed was a home. Read More
The city errs on the side of being more collaborative with landlords, generally refraining from more extreme measures such as shutting properties down and taking landlords to court. It’s because people’s homes hang in the balance. Read More
From sewage in the basement, to a house visibly shifting on a poor foundation, to stains on a rug from a dead person’s body fluids, Bangor has seen a wide range of health and safety issues in people’s homes. But something makes these code violations different. Read More
More than 300 patients, including Rob Leighton of Westbrook, are participating in a new initiative that links them with clinical trials and other options, but it's too early to say whether the effort has saved lives. “Hopefully the [tumors] continue to shrink and eventually go away,” Leighton said. “They’re really not sure what’s going to happen." Read More
From 2012 to 2017, Maine residential customers have spent $95.3 million more with private sellers, a market dominated by Electricity Maine, when compared with the standard offer. Read More
Republican Shawn Moody's business and real estate empire is worth at least $48.5 million, and rising. Read More
Moody’s company shares and real estate are worth roughly $44.7 million to him and his wife, according to a Bangor Daily News review of public company and property records. Read More
Children born to low-income families in Falmouth, Scarborough and Gray had roughly as good a chance at high earnings in their 30s as children born to high-income families in Bangor. Read More
Share your thoughts on what children and teenagers in your community may need. Read More
