Sawyer Loftus
Reporter at Bangor Daily News
Reporter @bangordailynews; ProPublica Local Reporting Network | Formerly: @vermontcynic. @vtdigger. @vprnet. @bfp_news. Opinions are my own. (he/him).
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1 month ago |
bangordailynews.com | Sawyer Loftus
Despite a sign on the door to Maine’s lone field office for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development stating the office is “permanently closed,” a Trump administration official insists the office is open for business. The conflicting messages highlight the uncertainty that is playing out across the country as the Trump administration moves quickly to carry out its agenda, leaving local organizations confused about how to carry out their work.
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Dec 12, 2024 |
mainemorningstar.com | Sawyer Loftus
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the Bangor Daily News. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published. Public housing helped bring an end to Linda Gallagher-Garcia’s three years of intermittent homelessness in her hometown of Presque Isle, Maine, in 2020. With $200 in secondhand furniture, she made the apartment feel like home for her and her dog, Tex.
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May 28, 2024 |
bangordailynews.com | Sawyer Loftus
A man convicted of defrauding the federal government has won an appeal of his sentence’s condition that he not employ himself, meaning the restriction will get a second look. Nathan Reardon, a former businessman and property manager in the Bangor area, was arrested in August 2023 for violating the conditions of his supervised release after a Bangor Daily News investigation found that he continued to operate as a landlord despite a court order barring him from self employment.
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May 21, 2024 |
bangordailynews.com | Sawyer Loftus
Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic forced students to remain at home, Bangor schools, like others across the state and country, are still struggling to convince students to return to the classroom. In response Bangor principals are trying to strengthen students’ connection to their schools, in some instances pairing every adult in their school, including custodians and secretaries, with kids to mentor them.
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Apr 22, 2024 |
bangordailynews.com | Callie Ferguson |Sawyer Loftus |Erin Rhoda |Lori Valigra
Monday’s hearing on whether to oust Christopher Wainwright was historic as efforts to remove elected sheriffs are rare in Maine.
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Public housing delivered Linda Gallagher-Garcia from homelessness in Maine. But being evicted from public housing pitched her right back into it. https://t.co/yJX3y20nSQ
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