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Tremont is using state grant funding to explore a living shoreline at Seal Cove Picnic Area, where erosion threatens the beach and Cape Road.

The Bar Harbor Story is generously sponsored by ArtWaves. TREMONT—Tremont’s beloved Seal Cove Picnic Area is slowly disappearing as the ocean erodes the beach and quietly makes its way to the Cape Road. Could an erosion control concept called living shorelines be the answer to help combat nature and save the beach?

Tremont · 1d
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The Official 2027 Maine Savings Amphitheater Concert Lineup

Check out this list of concerts coming to the Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor in 2027

Bangor, ME · 7d

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Hancock County SPCA to host pet photos with Santa on Saturday

TRENTON, Maine (WABI) - The SPCA of Hancock County is hosting a Pet Photos with Santa event Saturday, November 14 at the shelter on Bar Harbor Road in Trenton. The photo session will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Photos are by donation. Appointments are required. People can reserve...

Hancock County, ME · 1d
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Bangor Daily News

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Restaurateur plans to convert Rockland office building to apartments

The School Street Apartments project would create 14 one-bedroom apartments between 400 and 570 square feet in size.

Rockland, ME · 13h

Bangor Daily News

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Rockland to require owners to register vacant commercial buildings

Owners of all existing applicable buildings would have to apply for a vacant commercial property certificate by March 9, 2027.

Rockland, ME · 2d

Bangor Daily News

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Midcoast town still contending with toxic carpet pile 25 years later

The site has been vacant and unused since the 1990s and is contaminated with metals and inorganic contaminants.

Warren, ME · 2d

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Wrongful death lawsuit targets Newport construction firm

The family of a 19-year-old Brewer man who died of electrocution on his first day of work at a Bangor construction site has filed a wrongful death complaint against the Newport-based construction company that operated the site. Already a Subscriber? Log in. Get Instant Access to This Article. Subscribe to...

Newport, ME · 1d

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New hangar project breaks ground at Old Town Municipal Airport

OLD TOWN, Maine (WABI) - A new hangar project is getting off the ground at Old Town Municipal Airport after more than four years of planning. The primary use of the hangar is for aircraft from Northwoods Air and to allow for expansion of their flight school and other operations.

Old Town, ME · 1d

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This Maine Harbor Town Builds A Giant Christmas Tree Entirely Out Of Real Lobster Traps

Every November, volunteers stack about 150 red and green lobster traps into a Christmas tree that rises up to 40 feet. Then they crown it with a giant fiberglass lobster. Yes, really. The traps aren’t props pulled from a costume shop. A trap mill in a neighboring town builds them...

Rockland, ME · 3d

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Ellsworth opioid treatment center opens with 200-patient capacity

An opioid treatment center recently opened in a leased space in Ellsworth to address the need for accessible substance use disorder treatment in the Downeast region. The center is located at 190 Bangor Road. “People in Hancock County deserve access to high-quality opioid-use disorder treatment without having to travel long...

Ellsworth, ME · 2d

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Historic homecoming for a Bangor soldier killed at Pearl Harbor, almost 85 years later

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Nearly 85 years after he was killed at Pearl Harbor, a Bangor soldier made a historic homecoming. Family and community members gathered at Brookings-Smith Funeral Home on Saturday morning to remember Pfc. Willard C. Orr, the only Bangor resident to die in the Dec. 7, 1941, attack. He was 21 years old.

Bangor, ME · 8h

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Maine Veterans Project takes over Mason's Brewery, hands out tickets to fight night

BANGOR/BREWER -- The Maine Veterans Project joined forces with Mason's in Brewer to treat those who have served our country. Over 40 veterans and their guests converged on Mason's Brewery in Brewer Friday to have a meal and experience some fellowship. Organizers say the veterans and their family and friends...

Brewer, ME · 1d

Bangor Daily News

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Midcoast housing project aims to serve demand for ‘missing middle’

The buildings will be located next to the former Anchor Church at the intersection of Cross Street and Route 90.

Rockport, ME · 2d

Bangor Daily News

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Brewer poised to allow data centers that use as much power as a small city

The move comes even as other Greater Bangor towns ban data centers.

Brewer, ME · 1d

The Maine Monitor

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Maine voters rarely have a choice for this obscure office. They still won’t give it up.

Daniel O’Connor is a Report for Americacorps member who covers rural government as part of the partnership between The Maine Monitor and the Bangor Daily News, with additional support from BDN and Monitor readers.

Maine · 2d

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'There’s no urgency to a park, right?' Following debate, park behind future Thomaston fire station to get engineering consult

An early-stage concept map sites the future Fire and EMS building at 436 Main Street. The street address will become official upon creation of deeds for each of the three parcels (park, fire station, former Knox Clinic purchase). THOMASTON — The Thomaston Select Board ultimately voted (4-0) to use Public...

Thomaston, ME · 3d

Bangor Daily News

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Belfast approves loan for bike shop to finish brownfield cleanup

An earlier environmental assessment revealed a toxic soup below the former gas station and auto repair garage.

Belfast, ME · 1d

Bangor Daily News

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Bucksport appoints new deputy fire chief

Capt. Joseph Wardwell will be sworn in and begin at the start of 2027.

Bucksport, ME · 2d

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Machias' finance director is resigning, but will continue to serve local communities at his next stop

MACHIAS -- The finance director for the town of Machias is resigning; he says his next venture will keep him serving municipalities throughout the state. Nick MacDonald has been the finance director for Machias for just over a year, but is leaving his post to work for an accounting software company that serves thousands of municipalities across 20 states.

Machias, ME · 1d