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🌱 Will Bangor lose millions in unspent pandemic relief money?
Bangor, Maine Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Bangor! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Will Bangor lose millions in unspent pandemic relief money?
- Which Bangor streets are getting paved next week—and where parking is banned
- Meet the new Bangor-based associate producer behind your local broadcasts
Today's riddle: Why did the cookie go to the Doctor ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Mainly cloudy and hot, with a high of 92 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Partly sunny and hot, temps: high: 92, low: 69.
- Saturday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, with a high of 83 and low of 68 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. More than a third of Bangor's pandemic relief funds still haven't been spent (bangordailynews.com) — Bangor still has about $7.5 million in ARPA pandemic relief awards that must be spent by year’s end or returned, with major chunks earmarked for wastewater upgrades and new housing. Several Bangor-area nonprofits, including Hope House, Habitat for Humanity Greater Bangor, and recovery organizations, are racing to finish projects and submit invoices so local services and housing efforts don’t lose this federal support. 
2. Bangor's Paving Schedule And What Drivers Need To Know (z1073.com) — If you drive or park in Bangor, expect paving crews back on Joans Hill Road, Thomas Hill Road, Webster Avenue, West Street, Silver Street, and more starting August 10, with parking bans and slower traffic in work zones. The city is also using small mapping robots to improve sidewalk accessibility, and fresh paint and paving will continue to affect how you get around town.
3. Zoe Zellhart (wabi.tv) — A new associate producer based in Bangor, recent UMaine graduate Zoe Zellhart, has joined the WABI team after falling in love with Maine during college tours. Her background includes student media work, SkillsUSA competition, and a passion for storytelling that she’s now bringing to Bangor’s local airwaves.
4. $750M MaineCare transport contract will go to Colorado company, court rules (pressherald.com) — Maine’s high court has upheld a $750 million contract giving Colorado-based Modivcare control of all MaineCare non-emergency transportation, ending a challenge led by Bangor’s Penquis Community Action Agency. Penquis will keep coordinating rides, including in Penobscot County, until its contract ends December 31, while stressing continuity for local MaineCare riders and transport partners.
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Bangor State Fair →
Cross Insurance Center, 515 Main St, Bangor
9:00 am
Saturday August 8
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Other local events
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FUSION:FIRST - Friends & Family Night at Maine Discovery Museum
Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce 74 Main St Bangor, ME 04401
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Downtown Parking Advisory Committee →
Bangor, ME Calendar Bangor, ME 04401
5:30 pm -
Commission on Cultural Development →
Bangor, ME Calendar, 73 Harlow Street, Bangor
7:45 am -
Zillman Art Museum - University of Maine Exhibitions
Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce 40 Harlow St. Norumbega Hall Bangor, ME 04401
10:00 am -
Reading & Signing with Laura Krieger Emack
Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce BookSpace 48 Columbia Street Bangor ME
6:30 pm -
Zillman Art Museum - University of Maine Exhibitions
Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce 40 Harlow St. Norumbega Hall Bangor, ME 04401
10:00 am -
Artist Series: Painting Wildflowers in Watercolor with Cassie Sano
Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce Fields Pond Audubon Center 216 Fields Pond Road, Holden, ME 04429
10:00 am
Thursday August 6
Friday August 7
Saturday August 8
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Inspiring Action: How to Tell Authentic and Persuasive Stories →
Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce The COMMUNITY: Maine's Nonprofit Hub 700 Mount Hope Avenue Suite 101 Bangor, ME 04401
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Zillman Art Museum - University of Maine Exhibitions
Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce 40 Harlow St. Norumbega Hall Bangor, ME 04401
10:00 am -
Grow Food Safely in Urban Soils →
Food AND Medicine, 20 Ivers St, Brewer
5:30 pm -
FUSION:FIRST - Friends & Family Night at Maine Discovery Museum
Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce 74 Main St Bangor, ME 04401
5:30 pm
Thursday August 6
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Any seamstresses out there?
Or someone who loves to sew? A teacher of sewing? Our neighbor on Dewitt Ave. is doing a major clean out of her home and has bolts of cloth,… (Nextdoor Broadway and Outer Essex) - This cat is missing on Wing Street if you see him please msg me.
He is an indoor only cat and the owners are very worried. (Nextdoor Tree Streets)
- Office Pride posted a job opening for Future Opening: Night Shift Commercial Cleaner in Bangor. Apply here.
- McDonald's posted a job opening for Team Member in Bangor. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bangor here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Because he felt CRUMMY ! (Thank you Michelle S. for sending it in!)
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