Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News

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Marie Weidmayer is a reporter covering crime and justice for the Bangor Daily News.

A transplant to Maine, she was born and raised in Michigan, where she worked for MLive covering the criminal justice system. She graduated from Michigan State University.

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exterior of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services building.

Judge frees all 6 defendants in Maine’s 1st federal health care fraud case since 2019

The arrests came after months of President Donald Trump’s administration casting the state as a haven for Medicaid fraud.

ByCallie Ferguson, Bangor Daily News Marie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News

October 28, 2026

Scene of demolition at the former Bangor YMCA.

Penobscot County spent $2M to tear down an asbestos-filled building. The lot is still empty.

County commissioners approved spending more than $1 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to remove asbestos from the former Bangor YMCA and then demolish it.

ByMarie Weidmayer, Bangor Daily News

February 9, 2025