Good morning, Bangor.

The John T. Gorman Foundation awarded $1.2 million through its 2026 Direct Services Grant Program to 70 nonprofits across Maine to support food and shelter services – addressing rising costs that make essentials harder to reach.

It also provided $100,000 grants to Preble Street and Good Shepherd Food Bank.

Bradford Eslin ran 100 miles on Aug.

29 in Bangor—completing 11 laps to raise over $17,000 for the warming center—and he plans to run again next year by launching his new nonprofit, Purpose Project Incorporated.

Tuesday afternoon, the Biggest Little Golf Tournament returned to Fielder's Choice in Bangor and raised over $40K for Special Olympics Maine with University Credit Union & CU Insurance Solutions sponsoring dozens of costume-clad players in its fourth year.

Tess Gerritsen of Camden released her new novel Shadow Friends today and is helping build a new Asian American Community Center in southern Maine.

The center will connect local Asian American communities & celebrate cultural heritage once completed.

Candidate Matt Dunlap held a press conference Tuesday, warning that a heating oil price spike caused by the Iran conflict could increase winter costs for families and urging full funding of LIHEAP & long-term investment in renewables to ease the impact.

The Worthington Scholarship Foundation awarded over 1,000 Maine high school grads the 2026 scholarship today, giving each student up to $20,000 and pairing them with a scholar advocate (a resource to help with college success) as part of a $20 million investment.

State officials say worsening drought has dried wells along the I-95 corridor and cut rainfall by 12 inches in parts of Maine.

Emergency management warns that persistent dry conditions increase risks for agriculture, water supplies and wildfire — conditions not likely to change with upcoming showers.

Senator Angus King is co-sponsoring a bill that will let NOAA use environmental DNA (a new tool) to improve fish counts as rising costs have left gaps in current surveys, aiming to better protect Maine fisheries.

The PAWS shelter spotlights Pickle, a friendly one-year-old gray tiger girl who is spayed and up to date on vaccines while she waits for a forever home.

Locals can submit an online adoption application to meet her & find a pet to add to their family.