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The CDC is in Penobscot Countyto assist with HIV response December 3, 2025

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff are on the ground in the Bangor area this week to support the response to Penobscot County’s HIV outbreak. Six CDC staff arrived Monday and will support state and local public health officials until Dec. 19, a CDC spokesperson told the Bangor Daily News.

Bangor considers starting a sanctioned homeless encampment December 3, 2025

BANGOR, Maine (WVII) — City leaders in Bangor are considering a new approach to Maine’s homelessness crisis: a city-established and regulated encampment. For years, the city has been clearing encampments, including Tent City, also known as Camp Hope, which was Bangor’s largest homeless encampment and was taken down in February.

Three warming shelters open in Bangor this winter Dec. 2, 2025

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) – Members of Bangor’s homeless population have a few different options to get out of the cold and snow overnight. At one point this fall, The Mansion Church was the only warming center in the city with funding.Since then, the City of Bangor awarded a total of $120,000 split between two more organizations to operate shelters.