Why Bangor celebrates New Year's Eve with a beach ball
Hard Telling Not Knowing each week tries to answer your burning questions about why things are the way they are in Maine — specifically about Maine...
Hard Telling Not Knowing each week tries to answer your burning questions about why things are the way they are in Maine — specifically about Maine culture and history, both long ago and recent, large and small, important and silly. Send your questions to eburnham@bangordailynews.com. There are lots of cultural touchstones specific to Bangor. Stephen King, naturally, who made Bangor renowned worldwide for its killer clowns. Paul Bunyan, who we maintain — despite Minnesota's protests — was born in the Queen City.