13+ hour, 13+ min ago   (239+ words) Bangor Daily News Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to [email protected] I have lived in three houses in my 81 years, all within three blocks in Belfast. Currently, my lovely wife and…...

13+ hour, 13+ min ago   (446+ words) Andre Chasse is a Bangor resident who currently serves as the volunteer state president for AARP Maine. He is a human resources professional who specializes in benefit and retirement plans. As the volunteer state president for AARP Maine, I spend…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (712+ words) You can’t quite see Canada from the Fort Fairfield Blockhouse, but its presence looms. The international border is some 3.5 miles — 5.6 kilometers — east up the Aroostook River from the reconstructed war fort. Of course, when it was originally built in 1839, it…...

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 ads in the race between former Gov. Paul LePage and State Auditor Matt Dunlap for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. The reservations first appeared in tracking by…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (355+ words) The BDN Editorial Board operates independently from the newsroom, and does not set policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com. Twenty-five years ago, America was shaken to our core. A seemingly…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (675+ words) Standing in front of a crowd of 50 gathered in the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Caribou Thursday evening, Bobby Charles confidently asserted that he’s still in Maine’s gubernatorial race. “There is no reason in the world that we cannot…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (201+ words) Charles E. Crosby III was selected Maine County Official of September in honor of his community service by Spirit of America Foundation’s Maine Chapter. Crosby has served for 27 years as a commissioner of Sagadahoc County (from 1993 to 2004 and 2012 to present), including…...

4+ day, 12+ min ago   (243+ words) Bangor Daily News The Bangor Daily News will spend the coming months examining the public education system as part of a new, ongoing project to cover what it’s like to be a kid growing up in Maine. We aim to…...

4+ day, 22+ min ago   (396+ words) Fifteen Bangor-area faith leaders are urging a building owner to reconsider renting the property to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE is reportedly opening a facility in Newport at 12 Water St., which previously housed the Newport District Courthouse. The building is…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (177+ words) Gray Cox teaches philosophy, peace studies and AI at College of the Atlantic and is author of “Smarter Planet or Wiser Earth? Dialogue and Collaboration in the Era of Artificial Intelligence.” I had the opportunity to talk about AI with…...