Jules Walkup

6 days ago | bangordailynews.com | Jules Walkup

Since Paula Walton’s husband Max died in June 2024 from liver cancer, she’s been taking care of their 25-year-old son David, who has autism, at their shared home in Madison. She makes him sandwiches with equal amounts of mayonnaise on each bread slice. She makes sure the water temperature is perfect for his showers. The two of them have their disagreements, like every mother and son, but they’re happy. The last few months have put that happiness to the test, though.

6 days ago | bangordailynews.com | Jules Walkup

On the same day that FBI agents investigated a Boothbay-area waste facility earlier this year, its operations manager was suspended from his role without pay because of allegations that he was involved in theft and financial improprieties, according to newly released records. Join Bangor Daily News Subscribe to stay in the know! Pick up a subscription for $1 a week. manager, a is suspend 26 On Thursday Boothbay a Board.

1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Jules Walkup

More than a month after federal law enforcement agents apparently raided the Boothbay-area waste transfer station, officials have yet to share any details about what was investigated. The FBI initially confirmed that it was at the Boothbay Refuse Disposal District’s transfer station on March 26, doing “routine law enforcement activity” along with members of the Boothbay Harbor Police Department. Photos taken by the local newspaper, the Boothbay Register, also showed agents there.

1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Jules Walkup

Lawmakers along Maine’s coast have introduced a bill that would require the State Ferry Service to berth its vessels on the unbridged islands that it serves off the midcoast and Hancock County. The legislation has intensified a debate that’s been playing out over the last few months since the state Department of Transportation proposed moving away from its decades-old practice of docking ferries overnight on the islands. Instead, the agency aims to berth them on the mainland.

1 week ago | bangordailynews.com | Jules Walkup

There’s a new, bustling cafe on Mechanic Street in Camden, where visitors can grab lunch and coffee. It’s also the only eatery in the state — possibly even the nation — where they can expect to speak regularly with reporters, editors, the publisher and owner of the region’s local paper. In September of last year, four legacy midcoast papers — the Free Press, Camden Herald, Republican Journal and Courier-Gazette — joined together into the Midcoast Villager.