Good morning, Bangor.

Drift, Acadia National Park’s first Bark Ranger, died Oct.

20 at age 12 after eight years helping Maine Search and Rescue Dogs locate missing people and doing public demonstrations, and the park sells plush toys named for him at the Hulls Cove Visitor Center.

Neighbors will hold a benefit supper for the family of Danny Dunn on Sunday, Nov.

1, at 5:30 p.m. at the Mariaville Grange Hall, with all proceeds and an online GiveSendGo fundraiser (which has raised more than $162,000) supporting his wife, Hannah, and their two children.

Maine heating oil prices are at a record $6.05 per gallon today, about 82% higher than a year ago and ranging from $5.71 to $6.40 in eastern and Down East areas, which will cost roughly $750 more to fill a standard 275-gallon tank.

University of Maine scientists in Orono identified Teghaza 001 as a Martian meteorite more than 4 billion years old, offering a rare look at early Mars after the rock was recovered from the Sahara in 2022 and analyzed for a study published in Science.

Gouldsboro voters approved a nearly $265,000 supplemental budget Thursday night to expand EMS to 24/7, two-person crews for the Schoodic Peninsula; Winter Harbor must approve roughly $42,000 more (bringing the overall EMS budget to about $900,000).

Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness is closing its 10-bed Cedar Road detox center in Bangor due to a $2 million funding gap; it stopped new admissions and will end inpatient care when current clients finish next week, leaving Wellspring’s New Horizons in Hampden as the nearest detox program.

Emergency vets at Eastern Maine Emergency Veterinary Clinic warn that Halloween's open doors, constant doorbells, and unfamiliar costumes can scare pets into escaping, so set up a quiet room away from the front door, keep candy out of paws + avoid open flames and scented candles.

The University of Maine football team will try to snap a seven-game losing streak today when it plays Rhode Island at Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket at noon, the 94th meeting between the rivals dating to 1911.