Our Journalism in Your Hands
Welcome!
Growing up in Bangor, I’ve had a front-row seat to how this community has evolved over time. I remember when the Bangor Mall was built and how it became the place to be. I spent countless Saturdays there as a teenager, wandering the stores with friends, stopping at the arcade or grabbing a slice of pizza along the way. Over time, the shopping experience has evolved, shifting away from shared, community-centered spaces to a more individual, online experience.
Today, there is renewed energy around the mall, with plans to reimagine it once again as a community hub — reflecting just how much people value connection and shared spaces.
In many ways, the Bangor Daily News has also transformed to meet the demands of a changing world. But throughout that change, our role as a community connector has remained constant.
Over the past quarter century, we have reinvented ourselves from a 400-person daily print newspaper reaching 80,000 readers each week to a 100-person, digital-first newsroom reaching more than 900,000 people each month across Maine and beyond. Today, more than 20,000 subscribers and 2,000 donors support our work directly, and more than 50,000 readers connect with us through our newsletters.
We are smaller, and also more nimble — better positioned to serve a world that demands speed, accessibility and resilience.
While how we deliver the news has changed, our purpose has not. We remain deeply embedded in the communities we serve, and that connection is essential to our work. Local journalism plays a critical role not just in informing the public, but in strengthening communities, holding institutions accountable, and creating a shared understanding of the issues that shape our lives.
At a time when journalism is often viewed through a political lens, that role matters more than ever. Our response is not to retreat, but to stay grounded in our mission and continue showing up for the people and communities we serve.
If we are not actively engaged in supporting and celebrating our communities, we risk weakening the trust that has sustained us for more than 135 years.
This report reflects that commitment. Through the stories of impact that follow, you will see how we are building on our legacy by using our journalism, our platform and our partnerships to inform, connect and support communities across Maine.
We believe the future of local journalism depends on not just what we publish, but on how we show up.
Thank you for being part of this next chapter.
Thank you,
Jennifer Holmes, President & COO, Bangor Publishing Company
What does it mean to show up?
In the United States, it’s your right to be informed. Local journalists help you fulfill that right. To us, showing up means to do what we do best in service to our readers:
• Fact finding
• Asking questions
• Clear writing
• Access on your behalf
• Serving as a watchdog
• Uplifting community with hopeful solutions
• Using our voice to amplify others giving back
Our editors talked about that role differently in the past than we do today. But the basics are the same.
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The NEWS will keep right on doing what it has done, standing up for the right and fighting the wrong, even if the right happens to be the underdog as is so apt to be the case, defending the downtrodden, and advocating with all its might the best interest of Bangor and Eastern Maine.
More than all that, it will continue to give all the news of the day every day, without fear or favor.
Helping Mainers take action
“Thank you again for your reporting [about the railroad encampment]. I would not have…taken time this evening to address the City Council if it was not for your reporting.” – a Bangor resident who spoke at a Bangor City Council meeting to protest the City’s handling of the closure of a homeless encampment along railroad tracks
BDN reporting is empowering Mainers to ask their doctors about PFAS testing.
“I didn’t know that individual testing was possible. Thanks for this information. I’ll ask my doctor.”
– BDN commenter
Accessibility can be just a community away
Zack Carter, a Marine veteran and Bangor resident living with multiple sclerosis, moved into an accessible apartment less than two weeks after the BDN published a story from reporter Kathleen O’Brien about his search for safer housing. The article, reported exclusively by the BDN, generated a swell of interest from community members looking to help and led to Carter finding a new place to live.
Public servants using BDN reporting to protect the public
Our reporting on a threat brought new focus to a policy push to protect kids
Maine lawmakers took action following our exclusive report revealing the limits of state law that allowed a man to create obscene images of real Maine children using AI. The Legislature amended, unanimously approved and then passed a bill banning the creation and distribution of AI-generated child sexual abuse material according to national best practices that we laid out in our story.
“The Legislature needs to act on it now, because it is a problem that Maine is facing in this moment.”
– Shira Burns, executive director of the Maine Prosecutors’ Association
“Direct outreach” or a lucrative practice targeting a vulnerable population?
The BDN was the first to report on rehab recruiters using free flights to lure Bangor residents to out-of-state addiction treatment. Our reporting activated homeless advocates to send a statewide safety alert and spurred investigations by Bangor Police and the FBI.
“I appreciate your honest coverage of news that is important to the health and wellbeing of working families and your unbiased reporting.”
- Daisy, Old Town
The power of public records…
Maine’s public records law is called the “Freedom of Access Act” (FOAA for short). Reporters use FOAA to compel agencies to disclose information the public has the right to know about. It’s an important reporting tool for government accountability and transparency. In 2025, BDN filed more than 70 FOAA requests, powering dozens of stories. Here are just a few.
The cost of accusing
Municipal officials may not have a cost figure for the impact of an issue at the time of our first story about it. But that doesn’t mean we aren’t looking for that information. And sometimes that means filing a FOAA request.
That’s how reporter Annie Rupertus found out in August that a city councilor’s accusations against Bangor’s then-finance director cost the city nearly $100,000. Without her reporting, the public never would have known how much Leonard’s actions cost taxpayers.
Forcing surveillance into view
After two years of filing more than a dozen Freedom of Access Act requests beginning in 2023, reporter Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli exposed data showing that Houlton officials were using facial recognition surveillance cameras to track people thousands of times in potential violation of Maine law. Her first story in January 2024 prompted a Houlton resident to file a FOAA, asking the town for additional information about surveillance. Following Kathleen’s continued reporting published in both BDN and The County, several residents, who had threatened to sue the town, negotiated an agreement that included the complete removal of the cameras and establishing a system for tracking public FOAA requests received by the town.
List of items requested: town manager’s contract with the town... jail records... town policies... emails between town councilors... communication regarding the purchase of cameras... all the camera use access logs for one year...
…and how local reporters protect your right to know
Uncovering eviction practices housing leaders didn’t know about
During his year-long Local Reporting Network fellowship with ProPublica, investigative reporter Sawyer Loftus revealed the negative effects on public housing tenants who pay their missed rent in good faith only to have a “ghost eviction” on their record - and how other states have found better solutions. This story exposed a flaw in how Maine handles eviction cases for public housing residents that experts didn’t even know about, and there are already conversations afoot about changing the law.
“The practice and patterns we zeroed in on were identified by reviewing thousands of pages of eviction court cases filed by public housing authorities in the state of Maine. Court records aren’t covered under FOAA, but are generally considered a public record in the court system. To get those records, myself, Erin, Callie and UMaine student Christina Wallace went to courthouses across the state to scan the cases we needed to both minimize the cost of the task (it’s quite expensive to get paper copies from the courts and Maine’s online system for accessing records often doesn’t work) while also geographically widening the scope.” – Sawyer Loftus
Prying closed doors open
The County reporter Cameron Levasseur started asking questions when Presque Isle officials suggested a closed-door meeting to recommend the city’s next airline carrier. The plan would have had city councilors hold a straw vote in executive session in order to cut down on public backlash in front of bidding companies. The BDN knew that violated Maine’s open meeting laws. Cameron reached out to First Amendment experts, who confirmed that policy would be illegal. Five days after Cameron’s story was published, the Presque Isle City Council reversed its decision at the urging of the city attorney.
“I can admit when I made a mistake, and I made a mistake on this. I misunderstood some elements of the policy and I should have asked more questions and done more due diligence.”
– Harold Hull, one of three councilors who originally voted to approve the policy
Secrets…until BDN showed up
Holding government accountable to the people is a constitutionally protected function of the press — not the government. Public servants know that even if they might not like how they appear in a story, the right of the press to serve as the eyes and ears of the public — and report from an outside viewpoint — must be protected.
BDN will always and unapologetically advocate for that right.
Bangor’s rising crime rates weren’t what they seemed
In February, the Bangor Police Department changed how it classifies some crimes after a BDN analysis found that it reports more intimidation cases than any other department in Maine. The analysis found that this contributed to Bangor having one of the highest crime rates in the state for years.
Bangor Police Chief Mark Hathaway cited the BDN’s reporting in announcing the change, admitting that the department’s previous process had been “flawed.”
Opioid settlement committee no longer meets behind closed doors
Penobscot County’s opioid settlement committee meetings were happening without notice, limiting the public’s ability to take part. It wasn’t until the BDN published a story about the meetings and how they defied the spirit of Maine’s open meeting laws that the committee changed course to make its meetings public.
Can non-journalists file FOAAs?
Yes! It’s your right to ask. In fact, a Houlton resident, concerned about surveillance cameras, was also using FOAA to try get surveillance records from the town. He eventually sued when Houlton would not grant access. In situations like this, residents and journalists support each other in the quest to reveal information in the public interest.
How do journalists file records requests?
We submit written requests to the agency in question’s FOAA officer. It’s important to be specific, so the folks at the agency can pull the records that are most useful.
Tips
for
better FOAA requests
What counts as a public record?
Any document, text message, email, video or other data file that was used for “public or governmental business.”
Don’t ask for: “All communications between the mayor and the police department last year”
Do this instead: “All text messages between 3/14 and 6/5 between the Mayor and the Chief of Police regarding motor vehicle violations”
Making sense of a changing government landscape
Revealing widening county budget crises across the state
Washington County’s longtime treasurer resigned the same day we published rural government reporter Daniel O’Connor’s story about the county asking voters to approve an $11 million bond to help fill a massive budget hole caused by years of financial mismanagement. The treasurer, Jill Holmes, didn’t respond to a call asking why she resigned, but a county commissioner treasurer told Dan that he hopes whoever replaces Holmes will “make some better discernments.” Washington County’s budget crisis, which could have huge ramifications for residents in Down East, is the type of story that wouldn’t be covered with the same aggression and consistency without the reporting made possible through this partnership.
Thanks to a matching grant from Report for America, BDN and the Maine Monitor together welcomed Daniel O’Connor as a shared rural government reporter, in a first for both organizations.
“BDN does solid state and local reporting with journalistic integrity. Investigating Maine and local issues, even controversial ones, with clear eyed focus on facts and fearlessness of backlash from powerful or loud people is important - you’re doing well and should do even more of it!”
– Tom, Portland
Funding cuts, legal threats, and ongoing changes to federal programs have been felt keenly in Maine, as the state has faced attention from the Trump administration. BDN reporting helps you know what’s been verified and what’s just a rumor. With the confidence that you know the facts, you can make better decisions about how changes to federal funding or rules may affect your family or community.
“Independent journalism from the Bangor Daily News needs our support. Is anyone else sending Maine voters daily reports with journalists on the ground, especially in the Second Congressional District?”
– Carole Beal,
When BDN shines a light, Maine’s delegation acts
In May, deputy investigative editor Callie Ferguson reported on a Maine lobsterman-turned-oyster farmer whose boat with accessibility features was caught up in U.S.D.A. cuts to Maine’s AgrAbility Program, which helps blue-collar workers overcome disabilities so they can remain on the job. Four days after the BDN published the story, Senator Susan Collins announced that funding had been restored.
In June, Senator Collins delivered remarks at the Northern Light Health Rural Dementia Training Program, which got off the ground after Sen. Collins secured $1.3M in funding to train health care workers in rural areas for patients with dementia. Collins’ advocacy for funding the program was informed by BDN reporting in 2023 about year-plus wait times for dementia evaluations in rural Maine.
In July, investigative reporter Sawyer Loftus, as part of his year-long Local Reporting Network fellowship with ProPublica, showed in painstaking detail how in less than four months, the USDA has filed 56 foreclosures in the federal court system against properties purchased with a rural development mortgage, also known as a Section 502 direct loan. All but one of those foreclosures were in Maine – and the borrowers had been in default for an average of nearly nine years. A few days later, Maine’s congressional delegation was pressing the USDA for answers.
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Making the Bangor area a better place to live
A parking nightmare befell a reporter. She got the city’s attention – The City of Bangor towed 14 cars with no warning downtown during construction in May. Reporter Kathleen O’Brien woke up that day to discover her own car was gone, so she did what any reporter would do: She reported on the towing, the poor communication, and the businesses upset that they also received no warning. The city reimbursed the car owners and changed its alert policy for construction and parking restrictions.
“The public feedback has been helpful. I think this made a positive change.”
– Aaron Huotari, Bangor’s public works director
Standing up for common sense – Reporter Kathleen O’Brien detailed how a city rule meant to preserve historic homes prevented a Bangor homeowner from replacing his failing slate roof with a similar, but cheaper, material. When the homeowner made the change anyway, the BDN’s reporting put a spotlight on the costly and burdensome requirements and drove public calls for a policy change. The city ultimately reversed its decision, and is pursuing changes to the historic preservation ordinances.
Raising the bar for a public resource – Reporter Annie Rupertus documented the state of Bangor’s year-old public toilets, noting that they were often dirty, did not have toilet paper, and contained needles. The story also highlighted that Bangor was cleaning its public bathrooms less than Portland and Lewiston were cleaning theirs. Just two weeks after the story published, Bangor added an additional bathroom cleaning to its weekly maintenance schedule.
“I value independent journalism and Bangor is better off with BDN around!”
– Mitchell, Bangor
Helping Maine businesses thrive
Helping the Bangor Region YMCA grow
Pulse On Purpose is Bangor Publishing’s program to support mission-driven organizations with low or no-cost marketing services through Pulse Marketing Agency. Through the program, Pulse is partnering with the Bangor Region YMCA to develop a new website to coincide with the opening of the new Cathy Gero Bangor Region YMCA on Main Street in Bangor. The new website will be a digital space that is as welcoming as the new YMCA. We are honored to be able to come alongside the Y to apply our unique skillset to helping them thrive – stay tuned!
Protecting off-season income streams
Maine outdoorsmen who post trapping videos on YouTube were stripped of their ability to earn money on the platform, with little explanation as to why. Two of those channels were reinstated after then-Outdoors Editor Julie Harris questioned YouTube over why the channels were demonetized.
“I was looking at Maine outdoors hunting, fishing etc. YouTube videos, looking for good stories when I came upon Joe Holland’s video about being demonetized. I got ahold of him and he told me about Jeremiah Wood’s issues too. It took me several days to track down how to reach YouTube and get an answer. I called Joe when I got the email from YouTube. He was out in a boat fishing, but he whooped. He couldn’t believe it. Neither could Jeremiah.” – Julie Harris
View of the future Y at its new location on Main Street in Bangor (left), view of the full-court gymnasium at the new Y (right). Renderings provided by SMRT.
A community partnership keeps Mainers “warm and informed”
A drop in federal heating assistance funds at the same time as SNAP benefits were in question was a dangerous combination that threatened to force many Maine families to choose between heat and other basic necessities. So the BDN decided to try something new: We joined with banking leaders and Pulse Marketing Agency to create a $5,000 pooled match to support emergency heating assistance in Maine through the Maine Community Action Partnership that would be realized as donors contributed to the Fund for BDN Reporting.
The plan: Zero dollars from the pooled match would be directed to the Fund for BDN Reporting. Every dollar raised for the Fund by donors up to $5,000 would activate a dollar for dollar match from the sponsors directly to MeCAP’s emergency heating support fund, to be distributed statewide through the regional community action agencies to families in need.
Who would have thought fundraising for news could heat 300+ homes?
What happened…
83 donors to the Fund fulfilled the pledge by raising $7,999 in support of local reporting in Maine, securing funding for heating assistance for 15 families that would not have been supported otherwise. And then the phone rang…
An anonymous donor, inspired by the effort, wanted to give $100,000 to the heating assistance fund. Everyone understands how important it is to stay warm during the long Maine winter. Altogether this project raised $105,000 for emergency heating assistance and made it possible for more than 300 families to receive emergency heating support this winter. This small campaign proved that when we work together, our collective impact goes so much further. Presenting the $100,000 check!
“Responsible local journalism has always been important, perhaps, now more than ever! Also, hoping for the matching gift to support heat for those in need during this frigid season. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS!”
Kelli Casey, the program coordinator who oversees the emergency heating support fund at Aroostook County Action Program, talking with BDN’s Erika Bush about how the funds raised will be put to work for Maine families
In the community
Learning from you – Every month or two reporters and editors sit down with readers in a community we cover at casual news meetups. Invite us to your town! Email audience@bangordailynews.com
Uplifting Bangor-region organizations doing good in community –In 2025, we gave away more than $100,000 in advertising and marketing services to local community service organizations.
Since 1964, Bangor Daily News has provided scholarship support to deserving University of Maine students – The scholarships go to students who demonstrate a need and live in Aroostook, Hancock, Knox, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Waldo and Washington counties. This year’s winner was Noah Bubier from Ellsworth, who is studying earth and climate science.
Discounted rates for nonprofits
– Bangor Publishing Company offers discounted nonprofit rates for printing services at Print Works, our full service print shop in Presque Isle (they did a lovely job on this report!). Learn more at printworks-me.com.
– Bangor Daily News offers discounted group digital subscriptions for nonprofits and schools. Learn more by emailing customerservice@bangordailynews.com.
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Partnerships we are proud of
Reporting and content partnerships bring you stories from more communities and expand our capacity: The Maine Monitor, Maine Public, Maine Trust for Local News, The Quoddy Tides, Midcoast Villager, The Bar Harbor Story, The Harpswell Anchor, Lincoln County News, Penobscot Bay Press, WGME, Climate Central
Standing together for free press resiliency in Maine: Eastern Maine Development Corporation, Maine Press Association, Maine Independent News Collaborative, Press Forward Maine, Journalism New England, Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, Rebuild Local News, Unity Foundation
We celebrate our fellow members of the Maine Independent News Collaborative: Amjambo Africa, Eastern Maine Development Corporation, Harpswell Anchor, Penobscot Bay Press, Lincoln County News, Saco Bay News, The Maine Monitor, The Quoddy Tides, Unity Foundation
Community partners help us meet citizens where they are: Maine Community Action Partnership, Maine libraries
The generosity of funding partners allows us to invest in public service reporting
Celebrating top honors
BDN
• Maine’s Best Daily Newspaper - Maine Press Association, 2025
• Best overall websiteNew England Newspaper & Press Association, 2026
• Best homepage - NENPA, 2026
• Judge John E. Godfrey Witness to History Award “in recognition of the BDN’s work in documenting Bangor’s history since 1889 and for preserving archives for future generations” – Bangor Historical Society, 2025
BDN & The County & Piscataquis Observer
Reporters and editors from all beats attended a two-day intensive training in investigative techniques – Investigative Reporters & Editors, 2026
Houlton Pioneer Times
General Excellence, Weeklies - MPA, 2025
Paula Brewer, deputy editor Unsung Hero Award - MPA, 2025
George Danby, editorial cartoonist Hall of Fame inductee - MPA, 2025
Sawyer Loftus, investigative reporter
First place, Housing News, for his investigation of U.S. Department of Agriculture’s foreclosure cases against properties purchased with a rural development mortgage. - NENPA, 2026
Larry Mahoney, sports reporter
Inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame - 2025
Why
do you value the Bangor Daily News?
“I am concerned that there will come a time that freedom of the press will be a thing of the past.”
– Clarice, Bangor
“Local media are absolutely necessary for any city or region in terms of economic and cultural survival.”
– Bob, Bangor
“I don’t want the only news to come from the billionaire class.”
– Stephen, Newburgh
“[We value BDN’s] investigative journalism and cooperation with other Maine sources.”
– George & Mary, Orland
“I respect and appreciate that BDN does not pursue an ideological agenda in its reporting, unlike much of today’s mainstream media. My grandchildren live in Bangor, and it’s important to me that they have access to honest and objective news reporting.”
– Jack, Chevy Chase, MD
The newsroom team gathers for an investigative training
Join us this year
This year, Maine will elect a new governor, and House and Senate seats are hotly contested. Local races and referendums will shape the next few years of housing affordability, health care policy and more. BDN journalists will be there every step of the way to help you separate fact from fiction and measure the stakes.
Together we celebrate the right to know, the right to vote, the right to be informed, and the right to make your own decisions. We don’t want to tell you what to think. We humbly offer carefully and professionally reported news and information to help you do it.
No matter how the format or platform of the Bangor Daily News changes, our deeply rooted values are coming with us. No matter what.
You can show up for the free press in Maine by making a gift to the Fund for BDN Reporting. If you received this Impact Report in the mail and you prefer to donate by check, there’s an envelope enclosed to make it easy, or you can use a credit card at donate.bangordailynews.com.
We also accept DAF gifts and qualified charitable distributions to Eastern Maine Development Corporation (EIN 01-0281875), for The Fund for BDN Reporting.
I hope you’ll support all the Maine news organizations you rely on for trusted reporting with subscriptions, gifts, and by making use of what you discover in our pages. We are proud to entrust our journalism in your hands.
With gratitude, as always,
Jo Easton Sr. Director of Journalism Sustainability & Partnerships, Bangor Daily News
Thank you, BDN donors!
Every donor to the Fund for BDN Reporting can take credit for the impact in these pages.
By investing in the mission of local journalism, you have shown up for your community. You have protected the public’s right to know. You are helping public servants draw on facts as they build policy – not provided by lobbyists working for paid interests, but by journalists working for the people of Maine.
Every year this movement grows, and we cannot do it without you.
Meet just a few of 2025’s Champions and Friends of the NEWS…
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Editorial independence policy
The Bangor Daily News maintains editorial control over journalism funded by philanthropy. Funders have no input on how the BDN reports stories. Funders are not aware of specific stories BDN journalists are working on and do not review them before publication. Funders do not have special access to reporters. As a member of the Maine Press Association, the BDN follows the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics. We regularly share evidence of the impact of our journalism with the general public.
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About the Fund for BDN Reporting
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