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Bangor Daily News
BDN To Lay Off 27, Print Paper Elsewhere
The Bangor Daily News will lay off 27 employees as it closes down its printing plant in Hampden later this year. According to an article in the BDN, in the past twenty years or so, print circulation of the newspaper has dropped from 85,000 to 47,000...
Should Gun Permits Be Public?
The Bangor Daily News has submitted letters to area police departments under the Maine Freedom of Access Act requesting the names, addresses and dates of birth of concealed weapons permit holders.
Meanwhile, Gov. Paul LePage said in a statement that he feared the request "will incite fear among gun owners and non-gun owners alike regarding their safety."
Bangor Daily News Sells Buck Street Building
Since the 1950s, The Bangor Daily News has been housed at the corner of Buck and Main Streets in Bangor, it's been a very familiar site, and that will soon change.