I have been covering Maine people and stories of public interest for more than 25 years. With genuine interest, I provide news and public affairs information to the people of Maine utilizing both radio and online media platforms. My other passions include my family and music. I am the founder of The Gifts of Music and also volunteer for the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure.
Susan Patten
Police Search for Rite Aid Robbery Suspect in Bangor
Bangor police are currently tracking a suspect who allegedly held up the Rite Aid store on Broadway.
Bangor Man Indicted on Depraved Indifference Murder Charge
The Penobscot County Grand Jury handed up several indictments and one case involves the death of a baby girl in Bangor.
Quotas Set for Maine’s Elver Harvest
This year Maine’s elver eel season opens late and comes with new rules and guidelines.
The Department of Marine Resources has reached an agreement with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission that sets the elver eel catch limit this year to 11-thousand 749 total pounds.
Child Dead and Couple is Charged with Making Meth
A child is dead and a couple is charged with manufacturing methamphetamine in a bizarre case out of Washington County.
Maine Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland says 39-year-old Alan Richardson and 30-year-old Tabitha Osnoe of Danforth were arrested Saturday after fire investigators found evidence of a "one-pot" methamphetamine lab in their home.
Where Law Enforcement and Treatment Meet in Maine’s ‘War on Drugs’ [Video]
Crime, sex, and drugs, but the only rock 'n' roll in these women's lives is the time they've wasted going in and out of the corrections system in Maine, all because of their addiction to drugs.
"Most of them never start out intending to become addicts and criminals," states Kennebec County Sheriff Randal Liberty.
Sheriff Liberty oversees a drug rehabilitation program inside the jail and
When Music Heals and Inspires [Video]
Sarah Robinson may not have known cancer was creeping in to her body when she did, if it had not been for her drumming.
There was a feeling that just wasn't right in her arm and hand, and after a gig with the family band, Sarah got that feeling checked out, and it turned into a brain cancer diagnosis.
It was during her treatment that Sarah realized other people in Maine enduring cancer treatment w
Bank Robbery in Corinth
Penobscot County Sheriff's deputies and State Police are scouring the Corinth and Hudson area at this hour after a reported bank robbery.
The robbery was reported just after 9 this morning at the Camden National Bank Branch on Main Street in Corinth.
Former State Police Chief Accused of Sexual Contact with Minor
Former Maine State Police Chief Andrew Demers, 73, of New Gloucester posted bail this morning and was released from Cumberland County Jail after being charged with unlawful sexual contact of a minor.
Dead Man Identified by Police as Bangor Resident
Bangor Police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding a man's death and now they're reaching out to the public for more information.
During last week's major snow storm, police received a report on a person lying on the ground in front of the Walmart sign on Stillwater Avenue.
Maine’s ‘War on Drugs’ Requires Solutions and Simultaneous Cooperation Not Politics
Generally speaking, solutions are found in common interest and a tenacious commitment to solve a problem.
Unfortunately, when every problem is viewed through lenses clouded by political ideology, precious little gets accomplished.
One of the biggest problems facing the state of Maine is drug addiction, and the costs to the state, both financial and human.