Bangor

City councilors approved the plan last night, agreeing to shut down the encampment by Feb. 28 instead of Dec. 31.

Bangor city officials are proposing a delay in closing the city's largest homeless encampment, from Dec. 31 to Feb. 28.

The low-barrier shelter was expected to close this fall unless its current operator, Penobscot Community Health Care, found a new partner to patch a nearly $1 million budget hole.

A newly renovated building in Bangor will bring housing and childcare assistance under one roof.

The city aims to move the encampment's 73 residents into some form of housing, while keeping them connected to other resources.

Bangor doesn't have the highest rents in Maine, but officials say they are too high for the level of incomes in the area.

The rooms are intended for those who can't yet afford an apartment on their own, as well as for traveling nurses, contractors and other temporary workers who need a place for a short stay.

The Bangor City Council has approved a ban on loitering on narrow medians at busy and high-speed intersections.

The metro area has ranked among the cleanest cities for ozone for seven years in a row, and for its daily measure of particle pollution for the last 15 years.

A new psychiatric residency program at Acadia Hospital aims to help address Maine's shortage of psychiatrists.