I have been covering Maine people and stories of public interest for more than 25 years. With genuine interest, I provide news and public affairs information to the people of Maine utilizing both radio and online media platforms. My other passions include my family and music. I am the founder of The Gifts of Music and also volunteer for the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure.
Susan Patten
Traveling Pharmacist Helps Businesses Prevent Spread of Flu
If you're a business owner you can probably address the issue of lost productivity when your workers go down from an illness.
Well, it's cold and flu season, and business owners in the greater Bangor region can help themselves and the greater community by making it easy for their employees to get their flu shots.
Got Power? Maine Doesn’t Wait for Washington to Respond-Should You? [Videos]
As a great statement of pride, it's often been said, "As Maine goes, so goes the Nation."
Many people throughout the country, right now, are sincerely hoping Maine continues its push to do the right thing.
These people are holding Maine's efforts up to others, as a positive model of assuming responsibility and being proactive, to protect the well being of its citizens in the face of a ve
A New Thrift Store is Coming to Bangor
It's a perfect model for success in a troubled economy, when a nonprofit organization makes the effort to create a for-profit business, with the returns from that business going directly back to the nonprofit entity serving community needs.
That's what Manna is doing in Bangor by opening The Home Thrift Store.
"It's going to blow you away with what you see when you come in through the door,&q
Fire and Explosion Levels Camp; Damages 5 Others
Fire crews from several communities responded to a call last night just before 6 o'clock on Highland Avenue in Dedham.
Fire Chief Craig Shane says fire fighters from Holden, Eddington, Lucerne and Orrington assisted the Dedham crew.
Will They Be Armed? Maine’s Public Safety Commissioner Works on Report for Governor
They're asked to enforce the natural resources laws in Maine, as are the Marine Patrol and Game Wardens, the only difference is they're asked to do so today without the protection of a firearm.
A task force has been working for months to determine if Maine's Forest Rangers face danger on the job, that would justify the state going to the expense to equip and train them with guns.
The task force ha
State Trooper and Others Injured; Black Ice to Blame
Motorists caught off guard by the conditions sustain injuries, as does the State Police Trooper sent to help.
State Police Trooper Jill Monahan was responding last night to the report of a car off the road in the Northbound lane of I95 in Smyrna.
As Trooper Monahan was talking with 19 year old Jayde McNich of Littleton, who was still sitting in her car after it had gone off the road because of bla
Drug Use and Abuse in Maine Takes Lives and Demands Resources
"Last year, over 800 babies were born in this state, drug addicted. If that isn't a damned scary figure, then I don't know what is," states Maine's Commissioner of Public Safety, John Morris.
Morris goes on to explain that a "reasonable percentage" of those babies were addicted to Methadone.
Commissioner Morris says he's working with Governor Paul LePage to produce a Governor's
Elderly Woman Victimized Resulting in Two Arrests and One Summons for Theft
Elderly abuse in Maine comes in many forms and a case being investigated by the Knox County Sheriff's Department involves alleged theft by care providers.
Detective Don Murray was handed the case after Deputy Paul Pinkham responded to a complaint of theft in excess of $20,000 from an elderly woman in Owls Head back in August.
State Law in Maine Can Save You a Little Cash
So, you're at the checkout getting ready to purchase that new washing machine and the cashier asks you if you'd like to purchase an extended service contract or warranty.
The Maine Attorney General's office suggests you first consider Maine's Express and Implied Warranty Law.
Who Shot the Eagle? The Reward Gets Bigger
A long life, majestic looks, graceful, and in 1782 named a national symbol for the United States.
Yet despite all that, a bald eagle is found shot in Hermon by Game Wardens and they'd like to find out who is responsible.