The Bangor Daily News was named the state’s best daily newspaper at the Maine Press Association’s annual conference Saturday in Portland.

Longtime BDN cartoonist George Danby was also inducted into the MPA’s hall of fame at a luncheon earlier in the day, and Paula Brewer, the BDN’s deputy state editor, was honored with the Unsung Hero Award.

“This is a testament to the hard work of so many incredible and talented newsroom employees,” Dan MacLeod, executive editor of the BDN, said after accepting the association’s top newspaper award. “Our readers deserve the best, and we’re proud to serve them.”

Brewer, who works in the BDN’s Presque Isle office, joined the news organization in 2013.

“Good reporting doesn’t just tell a town about itself. It also gives it meaning and creates an irreplac

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