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School staff in Bangor, Maine, now have a way to lock down their classrooms hanging around their necks. The city is the first in New England, and the Northeast, to implement a lanyard-based emergency alert system, school officials say, one that lets teachers, staff and substitutes send out notifications about things like fights or medical problems and, in a more…

The victims were identified as 28-year-old Tim Tuttle, 31-year-old Dylan Smith and 56-year-old Andrew Allen. All three were unhoused, officials said.

A Maine man is the target of what the state’s attorney general may end up investigating as a hate crime. Tahmoor Khan rushed outside his home in Bangor around 10 p.m. on Friday after a neighbor noticed people spray-painting racial slurs and profanity, including the n-word and “KKK,” all over his car, which was parked in his family’s driveway....

Racial slurs and profanity spray-painted on a man’s car in his Maine driveway are being investigated as a possible hate crime.

A 39-year-old man from Old Town died in a car crash during the early hours of Friday morning on 1-95 in Bangor, Maine. Anthony Monroe was driving south near Broadway Street when he hit a guardrail near the Exit 185 off ramp around 3:37 a.m. Friday, according to Maine State Police. The car then traveled across the road and hit…

An 8-year-old girl who fell from a chairlift at a Maine ski resort has been released from a hospital with minor injuries. The girl, who was wearing a ski helmet, fell 20 to 25 feet ( 6 to 7.6 meters) at the Sugarloaf ski resort on Wednesday. Rescuers were able to get into position underneath her with a mat. The…

Officials in Bangor, Maine on Wednesday vowed to make changes following an investigation into complaints of racism filed by five Bangor High School students, according to News Center Maine. The months-long investigation was launched after the students shared their experiences with racism at the school with the Bangor Daily News in June. The Bangor Daily News obtained a partial report…

Trump arrived at the Treworgy Family Orchard in Levant, Maine, around 3:30 p.m. according to a reporter who was with him. The visit followed his campaign stop in New Hampshire.

President Donald Trump made a surprise stop in Maine on Sunday following his rally in New Hampshire in the afternoon, though it wasn’t clear what he was doing in the state until he arrived at his destination: an apple orchard. Trump arrived at the Treworgy Family Orchard in Levant at 3:34 p.m., according to a reporter who was with...

In an effort to secure votes in the Granite State, President Trump will hold a rally in New Hampshire today.

Trump’s visit will come four days after Vice President Mike Pence hosted a rally in the state.

A 69-year-old man from Bangor, Maine who went missing early Wednesday has been located after a Silver Alert was issued, authorities said. Maine State Police said Jason Anderson was found in downtown Bangor after he was last seen Wednesday between 1:30 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Fieldstone Road.

Local history has been made in Bangor, Maine. This year, the Pine Tree State’s third-largest city elected its first person of color and first immigrant city councilor, Angela Okafor. Okafor says it’s the latest in a series of challenges she’s undertaken, but among the least expected. “I’m not a political person,” said Okafor, “but if I keep waiting, it...

As a sudden cold blast grips New England, one Maine city is reviving a tool to help its homeless. Officials in Bangor say they’re once again buying bus tickets to send people with nowhere to live out of the city so they don’t succumb to the cold.

With a stretch of cold weather, officials in Bangor are reviving a tool to help the homeless.

Stephen and Tabitha King are ready for the next chapter for their Victorian mansion that stands behind a wrought iron gate festooned with winged creatures and spiderwebs. The authors want to transform the home where they raised their children in Bangor, Maine, into the location for Stephen King’s personal archives. A guest house they own next door would host writers...

Stephen King’s home in Bangor, Maine, is a local attraction. But the horror author is looking to turn it into something else. Even on cloudy days, that resemble the fictional Maine town of “Derry,” of which Bangor was the basis, tourists pop in and out of SUVs pulled to the curb outside the red mansion at 47 West Broadway. For...

City officials in Bangor, Maine, will vote on whether or not to allow Stephen King’s home to become a non-profit.

The trial of a man charged with homicide is set to begin in Maine. The Bangor Daily News reports that the man is accused of shooting to death 51-year-old Israel Lewis of Bangor on Jan. 7, 2018 in Bangor. The man doesn’t have a first name and goes by F Daly.