Staff complained to many hospital leaders & saw little change. They left. The surgeon stayed. I am proud of Jessica Piper who worked on this story for more than a year, documenting behavior & complaints in a setting more used to confidentiality than openness bangordailynews.com/2022/11/15/mai…

Read the surgeon's full announcement at the end bangordailynews.com/2022/11/21/mai…

The latest from Mehr Sher and important info for commercial property owners in Maine Report for America bangordailynews.com/2022/12/01/mai…

Here's the first time we hear directly from the former trooper suing the state police for alleged whistleblower retaliation. Day 4 of the trial, covered by @calliecferguson, continues today. bangordailynews.com/2022/11/30/mai…

What will the jury decide? Story from @calliecferguson. Verdict potentially later today. bangordailynews.com/2022/12/02/mai…

Three water districts in Penobscot County have PFAS: Those in Newport, Dexter and Patten. bangordailynews.com/2022/12/12/mai…

Daniel Tibbetts’ case marked the third police shooting since October 2021 in Mexico, an unusual number for a small town of roughly 2,700 people. Story by Sawyer Loftus bangordailynews.com/2023/01/16/new…

We'd like to know more about how signing up for community solar is going for you. Thanks for helping Mehr Sher report on this burgeoning development. bangordailynews.com/2023/01/27/mai…

The irony has not been lost on town officials and residents that a building that was supposed to bring people together might be tearing them apart. bangordailynews.com/2023/02/09/mai…

An important read from @calliecferguson bangordailynews.com/2023/02/13/mai…

The Mexico Police Department hired an officer it had previously reported for misconduct. While working for Mexico, he went on to shoot two people in a year. Story by Sawyer Loftus bangordailynews.com/2023/02/22/mai…

Fire investigators said they found dealing with management more fraught than responding to deadly fires, felt as if they were pushed to find that crimes were committed and weren’t given enough time to complete their work. Scoop from @calliecferguson bangordailynews.com/2023/02/23/mai…

An important, in-depth explanation of how community solar affects all ratepayers but stands to hit those with low incomes hardest. Mehr Sher went door to door to hear from people directly about their electricity bills. bangordailynews.com/2023/03/07/mai…

We are so proud of @calliecferguson

A heart-rending story by @calliecferguson bangordailynews.com/2023/03/16/mai…

The change comes more than two years after Bangor Daily News & Portland Press Herald formed a joint reporting team despite being competitors to investigate how the Maine State Police kept officer misconduct secret Pulitzer Center bangordailynews.com/2023/06/28/mai…

An independent review found that employees of the Maine fire marshal’s office have continued to have concerns about their work culture, which will require sustained effort to overcome. bangordailynews.com/2023/07/13/mai…

It took nine months and multiple requests for me to get the records I needed for this investigation in part because the county didn't know about the sheriff's deal #journalism Bangor Daily News bangordailynews.com/2023/08/08/mai…

For the Reagans, meaningful investment in the upkeep of their apartment didn’t come until after they moved out — after the son had lived in the apartment for more than two years. An important read by Sawyer Loftus Bangor Daily News bangordailynews.com/2023/09/06/mai…

Just 11 Maine police departments met the deadline in March 2022 to adopt rules for how they will divert the homeless away from the criminal justice system. At least 16 still haven't done it, Sawyer Loftus discovered. bangordailynews.com/2023/10/24/mai…