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Community Connector

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Bus service in Maine, United States, founded in 19721

The Community Connector is a municipally owned bus system connecting Bangor, Maine, with outlying towns, including Veazie, Orono, Old Town, Brewer, and Hampden. The system is owned and operated by the City of Bangor.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Bangor Community Connector at UMaine
Photo: MidcoastMaineRailfan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

The Community Connector is a municipally owned bus system connecting Bangor, Maine, with outlying towns, including Veazie, Orono, Old Town, Brewer, and Hampden. The system is owned and operated by the City of Bangor.2

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Operations

The Community Connector operates Monday through Friday from 5:45 am to 7:05 pm.

All buses (except Mall Hopper and Black Bear Express) connect at the Bangor Depot at either 15 or 45 past each hour. The first trip to operate is Old Town 1 which leaves UMaine at 5:45 am. The first trip for most other routes is 6:15 or 6:45 am at the Depot. The final trips to depart the Depot are at 5:15 and 5:45 pm (see above for particular route). Saturday service was suspended in June 2022 due to an ongoing driver shortage.

Routes

The Community Connector, based in Bangor, Maine, serves points within the city and in nearby Brewer, Hampden, Veazie, Orono, and Old Town.

Route A - Capehart serves Union St., Ohio St., two medical plazas, Bangor International Airport, Airport Mall, and Capehart.

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Route B - Center Street serves Bangor Public Library, Center Street, St. Joseph Hospital and the Broadway Shopping Center.

Route E - Mount Hope serves much of Bangor's East Side along Mt. Hope Ave., EMCC, Sam's Club by request, Bangor Mall, and Target.

Route H - Hampden serves Shaw's on Main St., Beal College, Main Road No. in Hampden, Hannaford Supermarkets, and Hampden Academy.

The Route M - Mall Hopper line was added in the late 2000s and serves the Airport Mall, Husson University, Broadway Shopping Center, and the Bangor Mall. The Mall Hopper line is one of the two bus lines that does not have a terminus in Pickering Square.

Route N - Brewer North serves North Main St., No. Brewer Shopping Center, Twin City Plaza, Brewer Shopping Center, Walmart, and Marden's.

The Route O - Black Bear Orono Express serves as a shuttle between the University of Maine campus and downtown Orono. This route does not serve Pickering Square. Funding for this bus comes from Community Connector funds and UM; there is no charge to ride this route. Monday through Friday, this bus operates from 6:55 am until 9:55 pm, Saturdays from 11:55 am until 9:55 pm.

Route S - Brewer South serves South Main St., Parkway South, Brewer Shopping Center, Walmart, and Marden's.

Route U - Hammond Street serves Union Street, University College Of Bangor, the Fairmount Area, and the Buck St./Third Street Neighborhood.

Route V - Old Town is a two-hour trip that serves State St., Eastern Maine Medical Center, parts of Veazie, parts of Orono, the University of Maine, Downtown Old Town, Old Town Plaza, University Mall, and College Avenue.

Route W - Stillwater serves John Bapst Memorial High School, Broadway Park Area, Acadia Hospital, Bangor Mall, and Walmart.

From Wikipedia’s article on Community Connector, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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