Maine Housing director calls emergency heating assistance a necessity
The director of Maine Housing is reiterating his support for an energy assistance bill that stalled in the Legislature last
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Northern Lighthouse to open only transitional housing program for youths north of Bangor
MARS HILL, Maine — Teen shelter services in Aroostook County will be expanding when Northern Lighthouse Inc. opens its transitional
Read MoreBrewer wants to make its athletic field the centerpiece of a larger complex
The Brewer School Department wants to rehabilitate an athletic field that’s home to the high school’s baseball and field hockey
Read MoreMore Maine schools switch to remote learning due to surging sickness
Cumberland-area schools switched to remote learning on Tuesday due student and staff illnesses. Maine School Administrative District 51 said students
Read MoreNew home of UMF Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education Center on track to open in early summer
FARMINGTON — With construction well underway, the University of Maine at Farmington’s nationally accredited Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education
Read MoreJanet Mills is lying about deal on heating aid bill
Gov. Janet Mills and Maine’s top Senate Republican attacked each other Monday after the failure of a heating aid bill
Read MorePeople are still stuck in Maine’s unemployment ‘vortex,’ while multi-state leaders haven’t met
Misti Diamond has hated leaving her Norridgewock apartment this summer because she knows if she does her landlord will appear
Read MoreWith camp canceled, this 8-year-old spent the summer hiking every mountain in Acadia National Park
When 8-year-old Benjamin Ball found out that he wouldn’t be attending summer camp during the COVID-19 pandemic, he came up
Read MoreAroostook business community mourns loss of friend and advocate
John Swanberg, former president of Aroostook Savings & Loan, died last week. Swanberg was known throughout Aroostook as an advocate
Read MoreMaine university retirees worry cost-cutting shift could jeopardize health care
A change to how the University of Maine System provides health care for nearly 2,900 retirees and their dependents has
Read MoreLearn something new with BDN Events in September
This month BDN’s events team is pleased to offer four events to pique your interest, be it photography, climate change,
Read MoreJust outside Bangor, this arboretum and trail network features a wide variety of plants
Difficulty: Easy. Ecotat Gardens and Arboretum features a small network of intersecting forest paths that total about 1.5 miles. These
Read MoreBangor High runners log 11,000 miles in pursuit of cross country titles
The Bangor High School cross country teams had no certainty last June there would be a 2020 season this fall
Read MoreBear season outlook is a mixed bag for Maine guide businesses
As Maine’s bear hunting season begins, wildlife officials expect the bears to be actively visiting bait sites because natural foods
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