The City of Bangor 2024 Outstanding Stars Award given to Faith Linking in Action on September 24, 2024 for the Food Justice Issue Team’s work on the Free Food Bangor Calendars

(From left to right) Bangor City Councilors Clare Davitt, Dan Tremble, Gretchen Schaefer and city manager Debbie Laurie discuss the city’s approach to spending its American Rescue Plan Act dollars

A man passes a public toilet on Park Avenue, between Forrest Avenue and High Street, in Portland on May 3, 2022. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN So much good

A man passes a public toilet on Park Avenue, between Forrest Avenue and High Street in Portland on May 3, 2022. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDN The Faith Linking

The Second Annual Celebration of Rev. Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., sponsored by Faith Linking In Action (FLIA), a Bangor-area faith and social justice group, will be held on Sunday,

BANGOR, Maine — Amara Ifeji, 20, remembered how proud she felt after winning her first game of four square as a fourth-grader, though the feeling was quickly stripped away when