I have been covering Maine people and stories of public interest for more than 25 years. With genuine interest, I provide news and public affairs information to the people of Maine utilizing both radio and online media platforms. My other passions include my family and music. I am the founder of The Gifts of Music and also volunteer for the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure.
Susan Patten
Another Man is Discovered Dead as State Police Investigate Yesterday’s Suicide on I-95
State police continue their investigation into yesterday afternoon’s stand off on Interstate 95, and as a result they say another man is dead.
Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland says the body of 68 year old Lawrence Lewis was found inside his home at 450 Macwahoc Road, which is also Route 2...
So You Think You Want Spring? Got DEET?
So you're thinking about Spring and Summer?
Hopefully it won't be a wet one because that's just the kind of environment in which these pesky little, blood-sucking, disease carrying creatures thrive.
Bangor Daily News Bows To Pressure, Rescinds Concealed Weapons Permit Requests
It doesn't look like protesters will need to return to the Bangor Daily News this afternoon as they had planned.
The 2013 Bangor Garden Show Excites Exhibitors and Offers New Features
I was so disappointed when the annual garden show in Bangor started to scale back, and in some instances fail to happen entirely. It has been an eagerly-awaited tradition for me to attend the Bangor Garden Show with Mom and my girls, and we've even been successful in dragging the guys along too...
Brewer Fire Fighters Come ‘Under Fire’ This Morning
The Day Road in Brewer is now re-opened to traffic following an incident this morning that made fire fighting a little more dicey than usual for first responders.
Celebrating His Service to Maine and Honoring the Life of Major Gregory Sanborn
People will gather today and Monday to remember and celebrate a friend, son, brother, husband, father, colleague, and true champion of the Maine outdoors.
At the age of 47, Major Sanborn lost his battle against a rare form of cancer on February 5th...
‘A Very Dangerous Drug With a Very Friendly Name’
Pounds of alpha-PVP, a synthetic hallucinogen known on the street as "bath salts," are out of the illegal drug market in Maine thanks to good police investigation that reaches into East Asia.
Frigid Fire Fighting is Nothing New for the Bangor Fire Department
It was a brutal Thursday night in January, back in 2004, when Bangor fire fighters were called out in subzero temperatures for a report of smoke coming from the Bangor Masonic Hall building at the corner of Main and Water Streets. I vividly remember that night turning my scanner off for the evening thinking it would be a terrible night for any of the first responders who might be called out...
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Investigation Into Early Morning Fire in Bangor Begins Friday
Just before 1am Thursday morning fire crews from Bangor were called out to Court Street in an "all hands" fire which meant every fire unit in Bangor was assigned. Departments from Brewer and Hampden were contacted and placed on standby.
Assistant Fire Chief Rick Cheverie said when fire crews arrived they found a man sitting in a snow bank nearby...