Kaitlyn Budion
News ReporterKaitlyn Budion is Maine Public’s Bangor correspondent, joining the reporting team after several years working in print journalism.
After growing up in Minnesota, Kaitlyn moved to Boston to attend college at Northeastern University, where she studied journalism. In Boston she reported for Somerville Media Center, the Massachusetts State House News Service, News@Northeastern, the GroundTruth Project and more. She moved to Maine in 2021, reporting for the Morning Sentinel, where she covered local government and PFAS contamination in central Maine.
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The Bangor Housing Authority has announced that it will close the waiting lists for all its public housing properties as of next month.
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Shopping malls, once the commercial hubs of the holiday season, are in decline. But in Bangor, it's also meant a rise in municipal code violations that are so severe that the city has taken the mall's owner to court. -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning of a Salmonella outbreak that may be linked to contaminated oysters. -
A New York woman pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor last week to operating an unlicensed marijuana growing operation in central Maine.
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Linda Zillman, who died in September, was an art historian and longtime advocate for visual arts. -
Washington County officials have given final approval to a budget that's roughly 17% higher than last year's, down from a September proposal with a 25% increase. -
After more than two years of negotiations, the University of Maine Graduate Workers Union has reached a tentative agreement with the university system for its first contract. -
A panel of Maine judges today heard oral arguments in a rare disciplinary case involving a state Supreme Court justice. At issue in the complaint brought against Justice Catherine Connors is her handling of two foreclosure cases that were brought before the Law Court. -
A Katahdin nonprofit plans to expand public trails in Millinocket and Patten, and create a new trail system in Island Falls. -
A New York man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor today to operating an unlicensed marijuana growing operation and mortgage fraud.
