Good morning, Bangor.

More than 500 volunteers packed meal kits at UNE in Biddeford on Wednesday and later at its Portland campus, reaching a record total of 200,000 meals to help Mainers with food insecurity.

The kits include rice, beans and sea salt.

The 50th annual Common Ground Country Fair returns to Unity where over 60,000 visitors enjoy hands-on workshops, local food, & live demonstrations rooted in 1970s tradition; organizers say the grassroots fair continues to evolve with a focus on education and Maine-made products.

Senators Collins and King are asking the Senate Commerce Committee to extend a federal pause on right whale regulations to protect Maine's lobster industry + support ongoing whale research by the Maine Department of Marine Resources, with the bill pausing rules until 2035 if signed into law.

Husson University's student-run free healthcare clinic reopens today to offer affordable physical therapy for underinsured patients and hands-on learning for fourth-year students.

The clinic will run from 3-6 p.m. on Wednesdays and Thursdays until mid-December (call for appointments).

Northern Light Health will receive nearly $5 million from Maine’s Rural Health Transformation Program to upgrade its electronic medical records system at Northern Light Mayo Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft.

The upgrade will fully integrate the hospital with the wider system that it joined six years ago.

A wellness conference for first responders will be held Sept.

25-26 at Jeff’s Catering in Brewer & will feature speakers discussing burnouts and suicide prevention while raising funds to support their needs; registration costs $50 per person.

After nearly two months closed due to funding issues, Bangor's Together Place Recovery Center will reopen Monday, Sept.

21 at 8 a.m. to provide recovery groups, peer support, and access to resources, while its diner may reopen if a Sept. 28 vote approves an extra $14,000 (matching opioid funds).