Bangor Dailey News

Doug Dunbar, a member of the No Penobscot County Jail Expansion group, is pushing for county officials to support more diversion programs instead of building a new facility. Dunbar spends most of his days helping those in need. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN Within the span of an hour last week, Doug Dunbar had driven down dozens of Bangor streets to deliver prepaid cellphones and help someone refill a propane tank needed for heating. Dunbar didn’t know Brittney Wallace, a woman staying at...

A Superior Court justice has ruled that despite a pending appeal, hearings will proceed for the release of criminal defendants who have...