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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Public service is an honor, yet I do not believe it should come at the cost of one’s health.”

— Cara Pelletier, Bangor City Council chair, in her resignation letter submitted Tuesday evening.

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The state’s takeover of newborn services is rattling nurses in Maine’s poorest county . Changes in Bangor have gotten more attention, but nurses farther east are worried about ending relationships they’ve built with families.

Bangor’s City Council chair resigned citing “personal attacks.” Cara Pelletier had not planned to run for reelection but bowed out a few months before the end of he

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