Bangor

A high school senior from Bangor, Maine, has decided that when the time comes, he will donate his brain to science. Fionn Parker-Cummings is the youngest person to donate his brain to the University of Pittsburgh National Sports Brain Bank. Researchers will check in with him every year for the rest of his life. Parker-Cummings said he hopes the contribution…

Finn Parker Cummings is donating his brain to researchers aiming to protect fellow athletes.

Wednesday will be another warm fall day. Watch the video to see what else to expect in the days ahead.

From Hartford to Bangor, records fell all across New England on Monday. Tuesday won’t be quite as warm, but some spots may still hit 80 degrees away from the coast. Steady winds coming in from the east will eventually snuff out the warmth in the mid-afternoon, however. And right at the water’s edge, we’ll struggle to make 70 in...

Republican Donald Trump mixed up Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ gender on a phone call with supporters in Maine, The Bangor Daily News reported Tuesday. The newspaper obtained a recording of the call in which Trump attacked Mills on immigration, saying the governor is going to turn Maine into a “third world” country. Trump was trying to energize voters on Monday,…

Richard Keith Thorpe, 42, was arrested in connection with the homicide of 39-year-old Virginia Cookson in Bangor, Maine, police in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, say

9/28/24 UPDATE: Authorities say the victim’s ex-boyfriend has been arrested in her death Police are investigating a homicide after a woman was found dead in a home in Bangor, Maine, on Wednesday. Bangor police said they were notified around 9 a.m. Wednesday of a possible death on Larkin Street, according to News Center Maine. They responded and found a woman…

Two people were killed in a crash in Bangor, Maine, on Monday. Bangor police said the crash occurred around 9:30 a.m. Monday on Finson Road when a vehicle left the road at a high rate of speed and struck a tree. Both people inside the vehicle were killed. The vehicle had been involved in a pursuit with the Penobscot...

A plane flying from London to the New York City area diverted to Maine on Friday and a pair of disruptive, apparently intoxicated passengers were removed, United Airlines said in a statement. The incident took place on United Flight 883, which was headed from Heathrow Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport. The 148 non-disruptive passengers continued on to Newark after…

A child’s death at a hospital has prompted a police investigation, according to NBC affiliate News Center Maine. The outlet reported that the child arrived with life-threatening injuries Sunday morning at a hospital in Bangor. Police said the hospital took measures to save the child, who died from their injuries Sunday night. Authorities added there was no threat to...