Bangor Daily News - June 22, 2026

Skowhegan’s ‘Firefighter Rick’ retires after teaching fire safety for decades

Maine restaurateur Dana Street wins prestigious James Beard Award

Down East mill deaths cause confirmed

Feds wield tight grip on $50 billion rural health fund

Victims’ relatives confront Gilgo Beach serial killer at sentencing

Health

Killer

Mill

Ancient teeth from Siberia rewrite plague’s timeline, dating back to over 5,500 years ago

Award

Today in history

Fire

Dirty soda bubbles up as a summer drink trend

International Falafel Day shows falafel still resonates worldwide

A good strawberry shortcake vs. a great one

These gluten-free meatballs feature beef, spinach, feta

The difference between butter and margarine

Falafel

Soda

Cake

Meatballs

Norway embraces Viking theme for World Cup return

While Carolina celebrates, the rest of the NHL will try to catch up and go after the Stanley Cup

Should Spike Lee get a championship ring?

A taste of home, yerba mate is a shared bond for World Cup fans

UFC boss Dana White says ‘never again’ to another White House fight

UFC

NHL

Yerba

Vikings

Ring

9,000 attend 2026 Maine Whoopie Pie Festival

Aroostook team wraps up massive Acadian star sculpture

Dexter officials finalizing 2027 budget

Milo considers purchasing a pumper truck

Piscataquis County approves jail budget

Festival

Milo

GHCA graduates 9 in annual commencement

Houlton High graduates 77

Star

Budget

How Americans celebrated the bicentennial

‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ seizes the moment in prestige TV with Dunk and Egg

‘Ponies’ merges comedy with a gritty spy story

These young boys and teens keep Elvis’ legacy alive

Keith Urban didn’t set out to record a yacht rock record

Celebrate

Urban

Elvis

Ponies

Knight