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When founded, it was known as the Eastern Maine Insane Hospital. Its name was changed in 1913 to Bangor State Hospital, and then to Bangor Mental Health Institute. In 2005 it was renamed the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center, in honor of Dorothea Dix, a pioneering 19th-century advocate for the improved treatment of the mentally ill.
The hospital trustees made plans to approach the Maine State Legislature to request funding, as over 2/3 of the patients being admitted were from outside of Bangor, but the plans were abandoned to allow for the money to fund the construction of the Eastern Maine Insane Asylum, now the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center. Instead, it purchased the ...
The Maine Edge is published from Bangor. Bangor has more than a dozen radio stations and seven television stations, including WLBZ 2 , WABI 5 (CBS; CW on DT2), WVII 7 , WBGR-LD 33 , and WFVX-LD 22 (Fox/MyNetworkTV). Maine Public Broadcasting Network outlet WMEB 12, licensed to nearby Orono, is the area's PBS member station.
Map showing Maine's 207 area code (in red) and neighboring area codes in New Hampshire (USA); New Brunswick and Quebec, (Canada). Area code 207 is the sole telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the U.S. state of Maine.
In 1989, the name was changed to Eastern Maine Technical College (EMTC), and changed again in 2003 from "Technical" to "Community". [1] Located in the center of Bangor, Maine its72-acre campus is next to Interstate 95, a short distance from Eastern Maine Medical Center .
Bounded by Garland, Essex, State, Park and Center Sts., Bangor, Maine Coordinates 44°48′18″N 68°46′05″W / 44.805°N 68.768°W / 44.805; -
Maine Savings Amphitheater: Former names: Bangor Waterfront Pavilion (2010-13) Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion (2013-2022) Address: 1 Railroad St Bangor, ME 04401 Bangor USA: Location: Waterfront Park: Owner: City of Bangor: Operator: Waterfront Concerts Live Nation: Type: Outdoor Amphitheatre, Music venue, Concert Venue, Amphitheater: Genre(s ...
WFVX-LD (channel 22) is a television station in Bangor, Maine, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Rockfleet Broadcasting alongside ABC affiliate WVII-TV (channel 7). The two stations share studios on Target Industrial Circle in West Bangor and a transmitter on Black Cap Mountain along the Penobscot and Hancock county ...