Bangor Masonic Center hosts Chili and Chowder Cook-off wabi.tv - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wabi.tv Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Bangor Historical Society hosts Logs and Legends award event Saturday wabi.tv - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wabi.tv Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Black History Month was celebrated on Feb. 9, by Monument Lodge No. 96 with a special home visit to a shut-in member Brother Charles Griffith, who was unable to attend the special observance.
BDN Mary-Ellen Adams packages cornbread before a drive-thru bean supper fundraiser on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at First United Methodist Church in Bangor. In the background, Donna Leland and Rachel Wilfon (right) package slices of pie.
For decades, churches in Maine and the Northeast have seen their memberships shrink.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, they worried that without being able to pass collection plates at services, or to hold fundraisers such as suppers and craft fairs, they would be forced to close their doors forever.
Thanks largely to an influx of approximately $20 million in federal loans that hundreds of Maine religious organizations received, and because of reduced operating costs from shutting down buildings and offices, most of Maine’s houses of worship have survived.