A person in a hazmat suit appears to be handling a letter that is enclosed in a plastic bag in Bangor, Maine, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018. A hazardous materials team was called Monday to investigate a suspicious letter sent to the home of Republican Sen. Susan Collins, officials said.
University of Maine President Susan Hunter hugs a graduate on Saturday at the 216th commencement, which was Hunter's last. The first female president joined the university in 2014 and is retiring in June.
Frustrated and out of patience with bureaucratic stalling in the midst of the opioid crisis, Dr. Noah Nesin, medical director at Bangor-based Penobscot Community Health Care, recently announced that he will personally write a prescription for the life-saving drug naloxone for any adult in Maine who asks for one. Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, reverses the effects of opioid drugs and can save the life of someone who has overdosed on heroin, fentanyl, prescription painkillers or other opioids.
Protesters outside U.S. Sen. Susan Collins' Bangor office on Monday. Gail Leiser is dressed as "Darth Traitor" to protest Collins' support of the Republican tax overhaul bill.
BMC Sean Dolan navigates the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tackle down the Penobscot River to break up ice in Brewer Wednesday. BMC Sean Dolan navigates the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tackle down the Penobscot River to break up ice in Brewer Wednesday.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt Billings and petty officer Vekisha McCall of the Navy Operational Support Center in Bangor prepare to release two wreaths into the Kenduskeag Stream during the Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on Dec. 7, 2015, in Bangor.