Dan MacLeod

Maine

Executive Editor at Bangor Daily News

Executive editor of the @bangordailynews. There's always a local angle. On paternity leave until 10/7.

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A new look for Maine political news

Sep 10, 2024 | bangordailynews.com | Dan MacLeod

Starting this election season, the Bangor Daily News will be experimenting with new formats to improve our politics coverage. As local politics get more nationalized and the level of noise and vitriol grows with each cycle, our chief goal is to cut through and help you understand the stakes ahead of Election Day.
EMMC graduates 332 students in Bangor commencement

May 12, 2024 | bangordailynews.com | Dan MacLeod

Eastern Maine Community College awarded degrees to 332 students during its 57th commencement Saturday in Bangor at the Cross Insurance Center. The commencement marked the first graduating year for students receiving their associate degree under the recent state program that covers tuition for two years. The college also awarded 123 certificates to students. Marilou Ranta, whose Monson restaurant The Quarry won a James Beard award last year, was the keynote speaker.
Apology for front page error in print edition of Thursday’s BDN

Apr 25, 2024 | bangordailynews.com | Dan MacLeod

The BDN erroneously published a story that was false on the front page of Thursday’s print and e-editions. The story stated that a body found in Caribou on Tuesday had been identified as missing Washburn man Erik Foote and cited Maine State Police as the source. No public statement has been made about the identification of the body by state police as of Thursday morning. When we saw the error we reached out immediately to the Foote family to apologize.
Maine senators question Army's handling of Lewiston gunman

Nov 5, 2023 | bangordailynews.com | Dan MacLeod

Maine’s senators are calling for the Army to investigate how it handled concerns about a reservist who later carried out the state’s deadliest mass shooting. In a Nov. 2 letter to Army Inspector General Lt. Gen. Donna Martin, U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King questioned why Army officials didn’t appear to trigger laws in two states designed to disarm dangerous people, despite Robert R. Card II’s threat to “shoot up” the Army Reserve base in Saco.
Aroostook man charged with arson in Bangor Walmart fire

Nov 4, 2023 | bangordailynews.com | Dan MacLeod

A Smyrna man set a fire in the men’s clothing section of the Bangor Walmart on Friday night, police said. The Bangor Fire Department and the Bangor Police Department got the call for a fire at the Stillwater Avenue store just before 6 pm on Friday night. The fire was being put out by sprinklers when authorities arrived, and no one was injured, WABI reported. Lucas Landry, 44, was on probation for burglary when he set the fire, police said. He was arrested at his residence the next day.
This is how to load a deer onto the bed of a truck by yourself

Oct 23, 2023 | bangordailynews.com | Dan MacLeod

This story was originally published in September 2015. Shooting a big buck is one thing. Getting it home is another — especially if no one is around to help. What would you do if you had to single-handedly load a decent-sized deer onto the bed of your truck? There are a few answers. Like this one:Or this:But Outdoor Life Hunting Editor Andrew McKean has a solution that’s much more elegant. It requires two ropes, a pulley, some boards and a truck.
Meet the BDN’s new outdoors editor

Oct 5, 2023 | bangordailynews.com | Dan MacLeod

About six years ago, Julie Harris took me bird hunting for the first time. Julie, who was then our community news editor, had been training dogs and hunting for nearly 20 years. I marveled that early morning in central Maine as she managed her pack of trained Brittanys through dense brush, thick woods and old farmland in pursuit of wild birds. She knew where the porcupines might be, and the dangerous spots where a dog could catch their leg.
UMaine library evacuated over smell from burned-out light

Oct 1, 2023 | bangordailynews.com | Dan MacLeod

The University of Maine’s library was evacuated Sunday when campus police pulled the fire alarm after smelling burning caused by a broken light fixture, an official said. Orono Fire Department received a call around noon when the fire alarm at Raymond Fogler Library was tripped, Capt. Aaron Jellison said. The smell came from the ballast of a fluorescent light on floor 1B that had likely worn out, he said. The ballast converts voltage and amperage to the correct level, he said.
UMaine library evacuated over smell from burned-out light

Oct 1, 2023 | wgme.com | Dan MacLeod

ORONO (BDN) - UMaine’s library was evacuated when campus police pulled the fire alarm after smelling burning caused by a broken light fixture, an official said. Orono Fire Department received a call around noon when the fire alarm at Raymond Fogler Library was tripped, Captain Aaron Jellison said. The smell came from the ballast of a fluorescent light on floor 1B that had likely worn out, he said. The ballast converts voltage and amperage to the correct level, he said.
3 dead in Glenburn crash

Sep 24, 2023 | bangordailynews.com | Dan MacLeod

Three people were killed in a crash in Glenburn, police said. The single vehicle was traveling west at a high speed on Philips Road near Merryman Road when it went off the road into a ditch, hit a culvert and rolled over, according to the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office, which was called to the scene Sunday around 2:30 a.m. All three males in the car were killed. Police did not immediately identify the passengers and said they’re still investigating the crash.