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Good morning. Temperatures today will be in the mid-30s to low 40s with cloudy skies throughout the state. Here's what we're talking about today.

Most youth are jailed in Maine simply because ‘they could not go home,’ new report says

  • Not for the first time, but in perhaps the greatest detail, the report portrays Maine in desperate need of improving its handling of juvenile cases.
A voter guide to Maine's Democratic presidential primary
  • Maine Democrats will vote Tuesday in the presidential primary amid divides in the party on whether to push aggressive policy goals.

    Here's a policy-focused guide to the race on the topics Democratic readers to the Bangor Daily News they care about most.
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Only the Bangor Opera House remains of the city’s many downtown theaters

  • Today, out of all the many theaters in downtown Bangor, only one remains: the Bangor Opera House, home to the Penobscot Theatre Co., built in 1920. This weekend the opera house will celebrate its 100th birthday with theater tours and a party on Saturday.
After uptick in patient complaints, St. Joseph Hospital says its billing systems are improving
  • When the parent organization of St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor rolled out a new electronic medical record program two years ago, it said the change would help patients better understand their medical bills.

    Yet in the first two years of the new program, patients encountered a variety of challenges.
Penobscot County returns to drawing board again after yanking plan for $65M downtown jail

  • Last week, Commissioner Peter Baldacci said the county would "take a pause in the process" of planning a new county jail after hearing criticism from the public about the proposal for an eight-story, 250-bed jail.
Bus system will provide ‘warming palace’ in Bangor for passengers waiting on coldest days
  • Until Bangor gets around to replacing the sheltered bus terminal that was removed from the Pickering Square parking garage last summer, the Community Connector will offer a heated bus to passengers waiting on the coldest days of winter.
My new thrifted cast iron pan is costing a fortune in elbow grease — but it’s worth it

  • This $10 pan was in tired shape and covered in grime. And though a gently used one could have been purchased for a bit more, this one is worth the effort to save.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
International students bundled up to go ice fishing, but they didn’t catch any fish. Instead, they ate hot dogs.
  • For international students hoping to get the real "Maine" experience, ice fishing is at the top of the list. 

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