Lia Russell, Author at Bangor Daily News

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14-year-old dies of suspected overdose in western Maine

by Lia Russell June 22, 2022June 24, 2022

Hannah Flaherty died unexpectedly from a suspected overdose at a home in Eustis last Monday, according to her mother and police.

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Supreme Court tosses Maine’s ban on public funding for religious schools

by Lia Russell and Judy Harrison June 21, 2022June 22, 2022

2 Millinocket school committee members who have been critical of superintendent resign

by Lia Russell June 16, 2022June 15, 2022

2 incumbents and a newcomer elected to Winterport and Newburgh school board seats

by Lia Russell June 15, 2022June 15, 2022

Husson will receive $2.2M to boost its unique program in extended reality

by Lia Russell June 15, 2022June 15, 2022

Joe Leonard wins special Bangor City Council election

by Lia Russell June 14, 2022June 14, 2022

A search for a missing Bangor man (seen wearing an orange hat) is still ongoing.

Mother of missing man says Bangor police left family in the dark about search efforts

by Lia Russell June 13, 2022June 14, 2022

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Jan. 6 hearings continue today. This is what we know about Maine participants.

by Lia Russell June 13, 2022June 13, 2022

Unable to get spending details, Millinocket won’t let school department use COVID relief funds

by Lia Russell June 10, 2022June 10, 2022

Millinocket’s former police chief and town manager say they were targets of a ‘campaign of disparagement’

by Lia Russell June 9, 2022June 10, 2022

Millinocket’s international program struggles with a lack of Chinese students

by Lia Russell June 9, 2022June 9, 2022

A door of a building in downtown Bangor.

20 businesses told to leave downtown Bangor building after sale

by Lia Russell and Emily Burnham June 7, 2022June 6, 2022

A bunch of pins say "starbucks workers united"

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Staffing shortages and little training spurred Biddeford Starbucks workers to start union drive

by Lia Russell June 6, 2022June 6, 2022

School board candidates in Hampden area want to move beyond controversial COVID debates

by Lia Russell June 3, 2022June 3, 2022

Winterport middle school cancels Friday classes after threatening message

by Lia Russell June 2, 2022June 2, 2022

Bangor kicks off efforts to decide how to spend $20M

by Lia Russell June 1, 2022June 1, 2022

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Many long-term residents of Maine hotels can’t just be kicked out of their rooms

by Lia Russell June 1, 2022May 31, 2022

What Maine parents are telling their kids after yet another school massacre

by Lia Russell and Kathleen O'Brien May 28, 2022May 31, 2022

A "For Rent" sign is hung next to shuttered windows.

Rent relief program’s new limits jeopardize 80 Bangor residents’ housing

by Lia Russell May 25, 2022May 25, 2022

Maine’s 1st addiction recovery home for Indigenous women will open in Bangor this summer

by Lia Russell May 24, 2022May 24, 2022