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Program that housed 100 people in Portland eyes Bangor expansion
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1166+ words) Last week, Portland’s Project HOPE hit a key milestone: housing its 100th client, two years into the...Leaders in Bangor’s public health department think the same model could help ease the city’s homelessness...Bangor’s version of Project…...
Maine’s largest balloon festival returns to Aroostook skies
3+ week, 50+ min ago (555+ words) It’s not a hallucination. It’s the Crown of Maine Balloon Festival....Maine’s largest hot air balloon festival will return to Presque Isle starting Friday and run through...“It’s sort of like the one big last hurrah…...
This outdoor spectacle will soon fill Maine’s skies and fields
3+ day, 51+ min ago (839+ words) OutdoorsThe BDN outdoors section brings readers into the woods, waters and wild places of Maine. It features stories on hunting, fishing, wildlife, conservation and recreation, told by people who live these experiences. This section emphasizes hands-on knowledge, field reports, issues,…...
Bangor disrupts struggling healthcare provider’s plan to sell $1.3M building
1+ week, 3+ day ago (781+ words) “Timely access to these funds is an important part of the work we are doing to strengthen PCHC’s financial...The organization is Maine’s largest federally qualified health center and provides care regardless of...
Uniquely named festival continues Maine roots music tradition in Aroostook
4+ week, 50+ min ago (489+ words) Coddiwomple debuted in New Sweden last year, featuring folk and Americana musicians from Portland to...Along with 40 Thieves, musicians will include Portland-based Matt LaJoie, who like Cyr is originally...bluegrass string band Dark Hollow Bottling Company and Griffin William…...
Bangor won’t clarify if councilor’s spouse can be sworn in to school committee
1+ week, 6+ day ago (750+ words) The spouse of a Bangor City Councilor qualified for this year’s School Committee ballot, but it’s unclear...whether she can be sworn in because of vague guidance in the city’s charter....Article four of Bangor’s charter…...
Mystery PAC tied to Donald Trump spends big in Maine’s 2nd District race
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (470+ words) A group tied to President Donald Trump’s massive political operation reserved at least $4.4 million in...Paul LePage and State Auditor Matt Dunlap for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District....The open 2nd District stands out as one of the party’s only…...
Maine legislators urge AG’s office to fund struggling Bangor-based healthcare provider
2+ week, 5+ day ago (570+ words) the Bangor Daily News, requested that Attorney General Aaron Frey allocate $1 million from his office’s...The transitional housing program is operated at the same site as Penobscot Community Health Care’s Hope...Penobscot Community Health Care “has carried this…...
$5M Kennebunkport home tops Maine’s most expensive sales in August
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (294+ words) HousingThis section of the BDN aims to help readers understand Maine’s housing crisis, the volatile real...A 35-acre estate in Kennebunkport’s historic district topped the list of the most expensive homes to...
What used to be one of Maine’s smallest universities has seen the biggest increase in students
1+ week, 6+ day ago (675+ words) Preliminary counts for enrollment across Maine’s seven public universities and law school show that student...2,260 of Presque Isle’s students were YourPace learners....“It’s going to help them. It’s going to help their family....It’s going…...