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Bangor plans to give $7K to reopen shuttered recovery center
41+ min ago (485+ words) Bangor city councilors plan to give the remaining funding needed to reopen the Together Place Peer Run Recovery Center. The center, which serves community members struggling with mental illness and addiction, closed its drop-in program and low-cost meals program at…...
Old Town council considers banning automatic license plate reader cameras
6+ hour, 30+ min ago (393+ words) A law banning fixed automatic license plate reader cameras in Old Town may be enacted later this year. Old Town city councilors discussed the proposed law during their meeting Tuesday. Councilors did not vote on the law but asked Police…...
How Susan Collins and other Maine politicians are reacting to Donald Trump’s arch plans
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (625+ words) U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is again putting distance between her and President Donald Trump, with a spokesperson saying this week that the Maine Republican believes his plans for a 250-foot-tall triumphal arch should go through Congress. The argument echoes Collins’ position…...
Where Medicaid cuts could hit hardest in Maine
4+ hour ago (481+ words) Washington County could be hit hardest by Medicaid cuts going into effect in January, according to data The Maine Monitor received from the state under a public records request. All told, the measure is estimated to cut Medicaid spending nationally…...
Citizen group releases coastal Maine school district’s documents over anti-trans policies
4+ hour, 33+ min ago (866+ words) A group of Down East residents is fighting its school district’s anti-transgender resolution that passed just months after a candidate backed by a statewide right-wing political action committee won a school board seat in Franklin. As part of its efforts,…...
Local artists to host plein air painting at Hatchtown Preserve
4+ hour, 57+ min ago (203+ words) BRISTOL — Local artists and nature enthusiasts are invited to gather for an informal morning of plein air sketching and painting at Hatchtown Preserve in Bristol from 9 to 11 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 21. Led by local artists Erica Qualey and Joy Vaughan,…...
Maine man accused of driving drunk through Acadia, crashing into tree stump
6+ hour, 7+ min ago (232+ words) A Portland man is accused of skidding nearly 60 feet during a turn he took at 45 mph in Acadia National Park while drinking and driving. Cadin Lunt pleaded not guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court of Maine in Bangor to one count…...
Ray LaMontagne topples over onstage in Nashville, where the high hits 101
7+ hour, 53+ min ago (337+ words) LOS ANGELES — Folk singer Ray LaMontange was treated for heat-related dehydration after collapsing onstage during a weekend performance amid triple-digit heat in Nashville, Tennessee. On Saturday, the 53-year-old musician and former Maine resident toppled to the side while performing his…...
State troopers deny wrongdoing in lawsuit over violent southern Maine arrest
6+ hour, 42+ min ago (502+ words) This story was jointly reported and published as part of a coordinated investigative and explanatory reporting project of The Maine Monitor and the Bangor Daily News’ Maine Focus team. This project enhances in-depth local journalism and expands public access to…...
Former Bangor and UMass football star Pete McCarty dies at age 70
7+ hour, 4+ min ago (1010+ words) He was affectionately referred to as “Bear.” Pete McCarty, who died Sunday night after a long illness at the age of 70, was a 2009 inductee into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame. The former Bangor High School and University of Massachusetts…...